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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 8221719, member: 75525&quot;]Picked a couple of coins to add to my L collection. That is for Luceria in Northern Apulia and not: Lanuvium where Juno Sospita wore a goat skin headdress or Lupercalia where they ate goat and drank wine at a whipping festival on the ides of February. I have trouble keeping the L towns apart.</p><p>I picked up the dark toned cast coin previously. The other two are new to me. I bought the light toned cast Herculese / horse coin hoping for a better obverse. Unfortunately, it is worse. The new cast coin is thin at the edge near Herc&#039;s nose.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444142[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444143[/ATTACH] </p><p>Greek Italy. Northern Apulia, Luceria. AE Cast Nummus, c. 217-212 BC.</p><p>D/ Head of young Herakles right, wearing lion skin.</p><p>R/&nbsp; right; above, star; below, L.</p><p>64.66 / 55.9 grams</p><p>48 / 44 mm</p><p>Rare </p><p>Vecchi ICC 344;</p><p>HN Italy 676;</p><p>Haeb. p. 187, 1-34, pl. 71, 9-13.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444145[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1444146[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republican, Anonymous. 211-208 BC. AR Victoriatus. Luceria L (second Crawford series). Luceria mint.</p><p>Obv - Laureate head of Jupiter right, with free-flowing hair; all within bead and reel border</p><p>Rev - Victory standing right, placing wreath on trophy; L between, ROMA in exergue.</p><p>Crawford 97/1a</p><p>Sydenham 121</p><p>RSC 36e</p><p>RBW 394</p><p><br /></p><p>I am amazed the L Victoriatus was not hurt when the package was run over by a truck (or whatever made the big black mark).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444148[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your L coins - </p><p>[ATTACH]1444156[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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