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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2400974, member: 74282&quot;]I recently added a Second Punic War-era anonymous denarius to my collection to finish up my set of early denarius system silver denominations. 212 or 211 B.C. is generally regarded as the year of the introduction of the denarius but there were actually 4 new silver denominations issued as part of the new integrated denarius coinage system: the denarius, with mark of value X for 10 asses, the quinarius, with mark of value V for 5 asses, the sestertius with mark of value IIS for 2.5 asses, and the victoriatus with no mark of value which was minted to the weight standard of the Illyrian drachma and intended for use in commerce between the Romans and the Greek cities of Magna Graecia. Along with the picture of the coin, I&#039;ve attached a group shot of the different denominations below for comparison as well as nice illustration of the variations in style that came about as a result of a number of different engravers cutting dies both in Rome as well as military mints in various parts of Italy and Sicily.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]494768[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic AR Denarius(19.9mm, 3.87g, 4h). Anonymous(&quot;Crescent&quot; series). Circa 207 B.C. Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; behind, X. Border of dots / Dioscuri galloping right; above, crescent; in linear frame, ROMA. Line border. Crawford 57/2; Sydenham 265.</p><p>Ex. RBW Collection, Ex. Paul Vecchi, 12/10/1988</p><p><br /></p><p>Pictured below from left to right are: Cr. 57/2 &quot;crescent&quot; denarius, Rome mint, Cr. 70/1 anonymous victoriatus, Sicilian mint, Cr. 85/1a, &quot;H&quot; quinarius, Apulian mint, Cr. 44/7, anonymous sestertius, Rome mint</p><p>[ATTACH=full]494770[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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