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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2662675, member: 31620&quot;]Some of you will be aware of my obsession with the L Papius Griffon serratus and the various symbol pairings therein.</p><p><br /></p><p>I could have dragged up the old thread where I have shared lots of them but I could imagine many of you shivering at the thought...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-specialties-within-specialities.232945/page-5#post-2475521" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-specialties-within-specialities.232945/page-5#post-2475521">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-specialties-within-specialities.232945/page-5#post-2475521</a></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-specialties-within-specialities.232945/page-5#post-2475521" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-specialties-within-specialities.232945/page-5#post-2475521"><br /></a></p><p>Anyway. My search continues slowly and at my own pace and within my own budget constraints. Here is my latest addition. (Still no dog type here Steve!)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>L. Papius, Denarius Serratus</b></p><p>Obv:–Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin tied under chin. Behind head, base of column.</p><p>Rev:– Gryphon running right; in ex., L. PAPI.; in field, corinthian capital</p><p>Minted in Rome from . B.C. 79.</p><p>Reference(s) –RSC Papia 1. RRC 384/1. RCTV 311.</p><p>Symbol variety – RRC 21. Babelon 81. BMCRR 21. CNR 1/034</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Stannard&quot; weight correction scoop on the reverse</p><p><br /></p><p>3.41 gms</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]591028[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>For comparison here is an example from the same die pair from the BM to see what my Gryphon should have looked like. It is 3.76 gms.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]591029[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Martin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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