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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Michael Stolt, post: 3803535, member: 100445&quot;]I won this little beauty at a very good price at the Artemide auction today. I like the finer style that Roma is engraved in on this type. And part of my collection focus is to get as many different fine style types with her depicted as possible. Even though this type is common, finding them nearly fully centered with little wear is extremely difficult. So the very tiny deposits/pits that will be more or less invisible in hand don&#039;t bother me at all, as upgrading this one will be very difficult and probably costly <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll also add it was a very interesting auction to follow with some extreme (unique) rarities in the Republican section.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1015201[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>M. Cipius M.f. 115-114 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.88 g). Rome mint.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: <i>Helmeted head of Roma right, wearing single drop earring and pendant necklace; X (mark of value) to left, M • CIPI • M • F upward to right.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: <i>Victory driving galloping biga right, holding reins and palm frond; rudder below horses; ROMA in exergue. </i></p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: Crawford 289/1</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;This moneyer has been identified with a certain Cipius, who gave rise to the proverb ‘Non omnibus dormio’, and who was called “the snorer” because he pretended to be asleep in order to facilitate his wife’s acts of adultery.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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