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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Michael Stolt, post: 3746642, member: 100445&quot;]My win from the recent Heritage signature sale finally arrived yesterday. Some of you have already had a sneak at it. The obverse here is truly a masterpiece of Roman Republican engraving. We know almost nothing about the moneyer apart from his coins. David Sear notes that this is one of the two rare &#039;types honoring Minerva and Hercules and allude to the forthcoming struggle with the Republican forces led by Brutus and Cassius. The goddess of war, the consort of Jupiter, and the legendary hero are invoked as powerful allies of the Triumvirs in their quest to avenge the murder of Caesar&#039;. This type almost always comes badly struck or very worn. This is an extremely rare exception and probably among the finest specimens known with this almost perfect strike and very little wear.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1004894[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>C. Vibius Varus. 42 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.67 g, 11h). Rome mint.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Obverse: Laureate and bearded head of Hercules right.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Reverse: Minerva, helmeted and draped, standing right, holding spear in right hand and Victory in extended left; shield at side, C • VIBIVS downward to right, VARVS downward to left.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: Crawford 494/37</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1004895[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It was accompanied with a little box for storing the coin. Andrew McCabe recently received a coin with a similar box and managed to track the producer down (there is a separate thread on this forum concerning these). A certain businessman and collector named Thomas James Clarke who lived between 1875-1952. He had them made to house his coins and also produced them for other collectors. So my coin most likely has an early-mid 20th century pedigree hiding somewhere. Hopefully I&#039;ll find it someday.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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