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<p>[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 2469837, member: 15588"]Once again, I walked into a coin shop and something caught my eye at the right price. Since I'm still fairly new to ancients, I'm making only cautious, low cost purchases. The coin below was in a turnstile case along with a few rows of other ancients ranging from poor condition to radiantly gorgeous. This one fell somewhere in between those extremes. I've purchased from the shop many times over the years.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.getmilked.com/pics/ClodiusTurrinus.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Once again, I'm new to this, but I believe the attribution is:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic AR denarius</p><p>P. Clodius Turrinus Rome mint, 42 BC</p><p>Laureate head of Apollo right; lyre to left / Diana Lucifera standing facing, head right, bow and quiver on her shoulder, holding lighted torch in each hand; M • F at left, P • CLODIVS at right 3.5 g, 19 mm Crawford 494/23; Syd 1117</p><p><br /></p><p>A fair amount of this information was already on the flip insert.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 2469837, member: 15588"]Once again, I walked into a coin shop and something caught my eye at the right price. Since I'm still fairly new to ancients, I'm making only cautious, low cost purchases. The coin below was in a turnstile case along with a few rows of other ancients ranging from poor condition to radiantly gorgeous. This one fell somewhere in between those extremes. I've purchased from the shop many times over the years. [IMG]http://www.getmilked.com/pics/ClodiusTurrinus.png[/IMG] Once again, I'm new to this, but I believe the attribution is: Roman Republic AR denarius P. Clodius Turrinus Rome mint, 42 BC Laureate head of Apollo right; lyre to left / Diana Lucifera standing facing, head right, bow and quiver on her shoulder, holding lighted torch in each hand; M • F at left, P • CLODIVS at right 3.5 g, 19 mm Crawford 494/23; Syd 1117 A fair amount of this information was already on the flip insert.[/QUOTE]
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