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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2908942, member: 75525&quot;]I have one of these. My description follows. I do not like the surface pits. I would not say it is cast, but cast pieces can have surface bubbles. My pics are from the seller&#039;s catalog.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]702029[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]702030[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republican denarius, 150 BC, Rome</p><p>Spurius Afranus or SAFRA (otherwise unknown cogmomen) – It is interesting that earlier numismatists Babelon and Grueber give the moneyer the name Spurius Afranus and later ones like Crawford and Sear do not split the letters.</p><p>Obv – helmeted head of Roma, R; behind X = mark of value = 10 asses</p><p>Rev – Victory driving a biga, R; below SAFRA; in ex – ROMA with archaic A</p><p>Cr 206/1</p><p>Grueber – Rome 670</p><p>Sear – 85</p><p>RSC / Bab – Afriana 1</p><p>Syd – 388</p><p>3.85 grams, 17 mm, EF</p><p>Ex Tom Cederlind sale 169, 5/30/13; this is a relatively early auction purchase for me. It was before I bought Crawford.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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