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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2410395, member: 51347&quot;]I do NOT have that coin, and I want to capture one...</p><p><br /></p><p>But I do have a NON-Roman Italic one...&nbsp; Love the Oath scene... So solemn, really impactful...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]498035[/ATTACH]</p><p>Marsic Confederation / Italian Allies</p><p>Social War 90-88 BCE</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>19x17.9mm, 3.7g</p><p>Anonymous Issue, Corfinium Mint</p><p>Obv: Italia head, l, ITALIA behind</p><p>Rev: Oath-taking scene with eight warriors, four on each side, pointing their swords towards a <b>sacrificial pig</b>, which is held by an attendant kneeling at the foot of a standard.</p><p>Comment: The reverse is based on the gold Stater and Half-Stater from the Second Punic War, and the Ti Viturius denarius...</p><p>Ref: Sear 227; SYD 621[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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