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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;randygeki, post: 1482918, member: 13719&quot;]This one is ugly, corroded, an ancient counterfeit, hard tosee detai, and could probably use a tiny bit of cleaning. However, it&#039;s 2090 years old, minted during the year <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Cornelius_Sulla" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Cornelius_Sulla" rel="nofollow">Sulla </a>died and it has a bit of provenance <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> It&#039;s from the <u>John Quincy Adams</u> (and his descendants) Collection and&nbsp; was &quot;later part of the Massachusetts Historical Society Collection, which was sold by Stack’s on 5 and 6 March 1971.&quot; So with all its draw backs, this is still one of my favorites.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, M. Volteius M. f., 78 B.C., Ancient Counterfeit, Ex John Quincy Adams Collection</p><p>Fouree silver plated denarius, cf. RSC I Volteia 4 (official, Rome mint, 78 B.C.), Fair, illegal mint, weight 2.881g, maximum diameter 17.5mm, c. 78 - 40 B.C.; obverse laureate helmeted head of Attis right; reverse Cybele seated in chariot drawn by two lions; with a John Quincy Adams Collection tag from the Stack&#039;s Sale</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex John Quincy Adams Collection, 6th President of the United States, and His Descendants, ex Massachusetts Historical Society Collection, ex Stack’s Sale , 5-6 March 1971. lot 907 ? ex Forvm[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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