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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fugio1, post: 3244508, member: 89970&quot;]Mat, the variety of your acquisitions is admirable and the prices you paid are inspirationional.&nbsp; I really like the Charles I halfcrown.&nbsp; These are impressive coins, especially in-hand.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wow this was a good year for me, but in the Aureo &amp; Calico&nbsp; Alba Longa sale in early November, I totally blew nearly a year&#039;s budget for coins, so I&#039;m done buying until next year. I don&#039;t buy many coins. Here are my (only) acquisitions this year:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]849943[/ATTACH]</p><p>RRC 53/2 - Crawford grouped a number of different styles of the earliest fully anonymous denarii into the 53/2 classification.&nbsp; This variety (Brinkman group 1 - rearing horses with trapezoidal frame around ROMA) was characteristic of the style.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]849942[/ATTACH]</p><p>THIS MAY NOT BE OF MUCH INTEREST FOR THOSE NOT INTERESTED IN EARLY ROMAN REPUBLICAN FULLY ANONYMOUS DENARII, BUT...Not in RRC or any other reference.&nbsp; This is a fully anonymous denarius with peaked visor, clearly in the style of the Sicilian issues, RRC 72-78.&nbsp; There are three known examples, all from the same obverse and reverse dies.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]849946[/ATTACH]</p><p>Silver Didrachm, RRC 13/1.&nbsp; This is the first Roman Silver issue!&nbsp; A rare obverse die in exceptionally fine style.&nbsp; Although I can rarely afford these pre-denarius silver issues, they are part of the story of the early Roman Coinage so I&#039;m gradually acquiring the types when they meet my quality criteria and fall within my budget.&nbsp; This example went for a surprisingly reasonable hammer price.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]849949[/ATTACH]</p><p>Caduceus symbol. RRC 60/1a, c. 211-208 BC.&nbsp; The style on these are relatively crude but distinctive. They are available in low grade with some frequency.&nbsp; This pedigreed (Goodman collection), is among the finest available in many years.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]850099[/ATTACH]</p><p>C. VAL. C.F. FLAC, RRC 228/1, C. 140 BC.&nbsp; This is one of the five issues in RRC with the XVI denomination mark, signaling the retarriffing of the denarius.&nbsp; This issue is the only one of the five that is also known with the X mark of value.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]850103[/ATTACH]</p><p>T.DEIDI, RRC 294/1. c. 113-112 BC. Classic gladiator scene.&nbsp; This is one of the &quot;had to have&quot; coins in spite of its falling on the fringes of my collecting focus.&nbsp; I think this is my favorite because it is outside of my normal collecting area.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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