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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ken454, post: 2405895, member: 56575&quot;]and also my first serrated denarius.....</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]496509[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]496510[/ATTACH] </p><p>&nbsp;L. Papius. 79 BC. AR Serrate Denarius. Head of Juno Sospita</p><p>right, wearing goat’s skin headdress; aplustre behind / Griffin springing right; prow</p><p>below. L. PAPI in ex.&nbsp; Crawford 384/1&nbsp; (symbols 134);&nbsp; Sydenham 773; </p><p>18.38 mm, 3.9g</p><p><br /></p><p>a cool little coin were it is proposed that the symbols represent trade guilds, so this coin would represent a sailors trade or guild as the symbol on the obverse is an aplustre which is an ornamental appendage of wood at the stern of a Roman ship, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird&#039;s feather. and the symbol on the reverse is the prow of a ship. </p><p><br /></p><p>according to a reference i found on these there are at least 232 varieties of symbol pairs, what a set that would make! </p><p><br /></p><p>i find this coin very interesting as it has Juno - Queen of the Gods on obv. and the Griffin - a legendary creature with the body, tail, and back legs of a lion; the head and wings of an eagle; and an eagle&#039;s talons as its front feet. which was thought of as king of all creatures on rev. </p><p>please post your L. Papius coins....</p><p>[ATTACH=full]496517[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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