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<p>[QUOTE="Mikey Zee, post: 2915174, member: 72818"]Wonderful posts everyone!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>I can't recall my first RR denarius either, especially since this is my 'second round' of collecting the type but I'll post this example as one of my first<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Coins2/75816q00.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Silver denarius, Crawford 353/2, Sydenham 726, Fonteia 12, BMCRR I Rome 2483, SRCV I 273, gVF, well centered, light toning, obverse die breaks, light scratches, Rome mint, weight 3.383 g, maximum diameter 18.4 mm, die axis 180o, c. 85 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Vejovis right, thunderbolt below, EX A P (ex Argento Publico) downward behind, no moneyer's name; reverse Cupid seated on goat right, flanked by caps of the Dioscuri, thyrsus of Bacchus in exergue, all within laurel wreath; from the Andrew McCabe Collection; ex CNG e-auction 244 (10 Nov 2010), lot 383.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey Zee, post: 2915174, member: 72818"]Wonderful posts everyone!!! I can't recall my first RR denarius either, especially since this is my 'second round' of collecting the type but I'll post this example as one of my first:p [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Coins2/75816q00.jpg[/IMG] Silver denarius, Crawford 353/2, Sydenham 726, Fonteia 12, BMCRR I Rome 2483, SRCV I 273, gVF, well centered, light toning, obverse die breaks, light scratches, Rome mint, weight 3.383 g, maximum diameter 18.4 mm, die axis 180o, c. 85 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Vejovis right, thunderbolt below, EX A P (ex Argento Publico) downward behind, no moneyer's name; reverse Cupid seated on goat right, flanked by caps of the Dioscuri, thyrsus of Bacchus in exergue, all within laurel wreath; from the Andrew McCabe Collection; ex CNG e-auction 244 (10 Nov 2010), lot 383.[/QUOTE]
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