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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fugio1, post: 4783211, member: 89970&quot;]Interesting thread Warren.&nbsp; I can relate to your proposal in my interest in early anonymous denarii.</p><p>Many collectors would consider More than one or two of these early anonymous peaked visor denarii as duplicates for their collection.&nbsp; Crawford distinguished variations of his early peaked visor 53/2 group with 8 variations in his plates depicting them.&nbsp;&nbsp; Through die studies and hoard evidence, we now know that these variations were almost certainly products of different mint locations and/or times.&nbsp; Here are some different RRC 53/2 anonymous denarii in my collection.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1163161[/ATTACH]&nbsp; Group 1, Trapezoidal frame around legend, Flag cape of 3 lines, horses &quot;distant&quot; with rear legs extended and forelegs high in the air.&nbsp; RRC Plate X.13.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1163149[/ATTACH]</p><p>Group 3, Trapezoidal frame around ROMA legend, Hatched tail on 2nd horse, rear legs of horses bent at hock, streaming cape.&nbsp; RRC Plate X.14</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1163151[/ATTACH]</p><p>Group 4, Rectangular frame around the legend.&nbsp; Flag cape of four diverging lines.&nbsp; This group also positions the stars above and between the dioscuri rather than directly above each of their heads.&nbsp; RRC Plate X.18.&nbsp; This is the most common variety of 53/2</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1163152[/ATTACH]</p><p>Group 9, Griffon tufts on Roma&#039;s helmet widely divided, Legend in 3 line rectangular frame, streaming cape. RRC Plate X.20.&nbsp; Note that this variety is later than the others, near the end or after the 2nd Punic war.&nbsp; It is found in later hoards and is lighter, with an average of 3.88 gm in a sample of 230 coins compared to &gt; 4.1g for earlier varieties.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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