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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Michael Stolt, post: 7615987, member: 100445&quot;]Had a good run with a recent consignment, so I have some extra funds. Having not added anything to the early Republican coinage part of the collection of late, I decided to purchase a coin I have been following for a while. </p><p><br /></p><p>I finalized a deal with NAC for this stunning &#039;Staff series&#039; denarius yesterday. It is among the finest specimens of the type I have seen. The amazing bust of Roma from a masterful die made me fall in love quite quickly, it is a perfect fit for my early Republican symbol denarii part of the collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to share your Roma/Dioscuri - symbol/anonymous types. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie54" alt=":hungry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1310881[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Anonymous</b>. 209-208 BC. AR Denarius &#039;Staff series&#039; (3.28 G). Uncertain Sicilian mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: <i>Helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) to left.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: <i>The Dioscuri, each holding spear, on horseback right; two stars above; staff below horses; ROMA in exergue.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: Crawford 78/1.</p><p><br /></p><p>Provenance: Ex Collection of Roman Republican Coins of a Student and his Mentor Part II, NAC Auction 73 (18 November 2013), lot 30. Ex SKA Bern sale 4, New York (1985), lot 324.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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