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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2192573, member: 19463&quot;]After collecting Republicans for a while it becomes clear that some types are easier o find in good condition than others. Both of these coins are often found poorly struck.&nbsp; Mine are not great but they are far from the worst.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mn. Cordius Rufus issued a more common type in 46 BC (during the height of Caesar) showing the Dioscuri and Venus Verticordia.&nbsp; Caesar claimed descent from Venus so this is a sign of his support for Caesar.&nbsp; I&#039;ve had this one a while and shared it here before.&nbsp; It is not the reason for this post. </p><p><br /></p><p>Cordia 2a Crawford 463/1a</p><p>[ATTACH=full]426141[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The denarius new today is less common and less clear.&nbsp; I&#039;m still looking for an explanation of my new coin.&nbsp; The obverse shows a Corinthian helmet and an owl.&nbsp; The reverse has the aegis of Minerva with facing head of Medusa in the center.&nbsp; The legends are like the Dioscuri coin except there is no title IIIVIR following RVFVS on the obverse.&nbsp; Why did the moneyer honor Minerva? </p><p><br /></p><p>Cordia 4, Crawford 463/2</p><p>[ATTACH=full]426142[/ATTACH] Neither of my coins are well centered or well struck.&nbsp; It is a job to find one of these a face on both the owl and on Medusa.&nbsp; As these go, mine is pretty well centered but unevenly struck to the point that half of the reverse legend is a bit flat.&nbsp; I would love to have found one of these perfect in every respect but I never would have afforded it.</p><p>Compare these i public collections:</p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-463.2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-463.2" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-463.2</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There is a third denarius type for this moneyer which adds SC following RVFVS.&nbsp; I suspect these legend differences explain the three types for the same moneyer but have not found a good discussion on it.&nbsp; The coin just arrived today so I&#039;ll have to work on it. References welcome.&nbsp;&nbsp; Post that third type&nbsp; (Cordia 3) if you have one.&nbsp; I do not. He also struck quinarii and sestertii which I have not seen.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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