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<p>[QUOTE="frankjg, post: 4117379, member: 17567"]I picked this one up in an Ares auction in January and thought it would be somewhat appropriate to post for Valentines Day (if, in fact, it really is Cupido cruising around on that goat)... Of course my research brought me to this awesome thread from two years ago that contains an incredible amount of info and debate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my contribution, which also happens to be my first RR</p><p><br /></p><p>PS - I'm in love with the portrait on the obverse.. it's been sitting on my desk for weeks now and I cant seem to put it away. Whenever I have a tough e-mail I have to write, I find myself staring at the portrait for a while and just zone out. Don't tell my boss.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1067939[/ATTACH] <b>M. Fonteius</b></p><p>85 BC</p><p>AR 3.70g 20mm</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Head of Apollo Vejovis right, M FONTEI CF</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Cupido seated on goat, caps of Dioscuri above</p><p>Crawford 353/1</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: WOW, that's a terrible picture... here is the sellers pic</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1067942[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="frankjg, post: 4117379, member: 17567"]I picked this one up in an Ares auction in January and thought it would be somewhat appropriate to post for Valentines Day (if, in fact, it really is Cupido cruising around on that goat)... Of course my research brought me to this awesome thread from two years ago that contains an incredible amount of info and debate. Here is my contribution, which also happens to be my first RR PS - I'm in love with the portrait on the obverse.. it's been sitting on my desk for weeks now and I cant seem to put it away. Whenever I have a tough e-mail I have to write, I find myself staring at the portrait for a while and just zone out. Don't tell my boss. [ATTACH=full]1067939[/ATTACH] [B]M. Fonteius[/B] 85 BC AR 3.70g 20mm [B]Obv:[/B] Head of Apollo Vejovis right, M FONTEI CF [B]Rev:[/B] Cupido seated on goat, caps of Dioscuri above Crawford 353/1 Edit: WOW, that's a terrible picture... here is the sellers pic [ATTACH=full]1067942[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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