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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2767677, member: 74282&quot;]Hopefully you guys aren&#039;t too tired of RR bronzes yet because I&#039;m back with another one that I picked up as part of David Hendin(AmphoraCoins)&#039;s eBay auction that ended Thursday. Of the small group of RR that were posted, this coin immediately stood out to me because it is rare to find bronzes that retain so much detail and come fully struck on a full flan and I knew I had to have it. Luckily, I was able to capture it by the skin of my teeth with a bid about 75 cents above the hammer price.</p><p><br /></p><p>The moneyer who signed his coins &quot;CINA&quot; is generally thought to be a member of the Cornelii Cinnae. If that name sounds familiar, it is because you&#039;ve likely heard of the most well-known member of the family, four-time consul <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Cornelius_Cinna" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Cornelius_Cinna" rel="nofollow">Lucius Cornelius Cinna</a>,&nbsp; whom many authors simply refer to as Cinna. This coin was struck about three quarters of a century before the death of the infamous Cinna and so could not have been struck while he was moneyer, but the timing does line up with the career of his father who was consul in 127 B.C. and both Crawford and Greuber suggest this man is the most likely candidate for the moneyer of these types.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]637587[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic Æ quadrans(8.34g, 20.4mm). CINA(L. Cornelius Cinna?) series, 169-158 B.C., Rome mint. Head of hercules right; behind ••• /Prow right; above, CINA; below, ROMA; before, •••. Crawford 178/4; Sydenham 368c; Babelon Cornelia 14</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex RBW Collection via David Hendin, Amphora Coins, 6/8/2017, ex Tony Hardy Collection, CNG 61, lot 1174, 9/25/2002. <a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s1109.html#cornelia14" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s1109.html#cornelia14" rel="nofollow">Published on WildWinds</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>As always, please share anything relevant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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