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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 7360623, member: 82549&quot;]I&#039;ve always been something of an opportunist collector. I stumble upon something interesting and unexpected, and that spurs a new collecting interest.</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently won a lot of 6 unattributed denarii, figuring I&#039;d ID them and sell them on eBay like I often do. From the photo, I could tell there were two Republican-era denarii in the lot. I don&#039;t collect Republican coins, and I know nothing about Republican denarii, but having received the lot, I poked around online, attempting to ID them. I was very pleased and surprised when I finally figured out what this coin was:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1282877[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman AR Denarius</p><p>Moneyer Issue of Imperitorial Era</p><p>L. Papius Celsus, 45 B.C.</p><p>Obv: Head of Juno Sophista, wearing goatskin headdress.</p><p>Rev: CELSVS III•VIR - She-wolf dropping sticks onto fire as eagle fans the flames with its wings. L. PAPIVS in exergue.</p><p>Crawford 472/1</p><p>Papia 2</p><p>18 mm, 3.4 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>CT member <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/scipio.103869/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/scipio.103869/">Scipio</a> wrote about this coin back in November. Rather than rewrite the myth depicted on this reverse, I&#039;ll just redirect anyone interested to Scipio&#039;s original post:</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b> <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-beautiful-myth-in-a-little-coin.370203/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-beautiful-myth-in-a-little-coin.370203/">A beautiful myth in a little coin</a></b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>Unlike Scipio&#039;s coin, mine has the correct reverse inscription. Mine is pretty beat up, but I love this reverse and the story behind it. Even though I bought this coin to resell, I&#039;m going to keep it.</p><p><br /></p><p>So maybe I&#039;ll start collecting Republican silver now?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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