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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2760663, member: 57495&quot;]My new arrival today is another coin that has long been on my want list.&nbsp; I would have happily settled for a lesser example, but this one popped up on a venue new to me and I took it as a sign that it was meant to be mine <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This issue is one of those that makes one think that the mint workers that year were competing for a Least Motivated Employee of the Month award.&nbsp; Off-center strikes and weak strikes were the rule rather than the exception, and sometimes the die engravers didn&#039;t seem like they cared very much for their work either.&nbsp; To be sure, the detailed overlapping scales on the aegis design was pretty unusual, and one can imagine some of the engravers being a bit put out at having to do all that intricate chiselling.&nbsp; Having said that, I really applaud the fellow who did the excellent aegis on mine... so, here&#039;s looking at you from 2,000 years on, nameless, unheralded die worker of the 46 BC Rome mint!</p><p><img src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e358/cassie_jane/clapping.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]634446[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC</b></p><p><b>Mn. Cordius Rufus, moneyer</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.82g, 18.8mm. Rome mint, 46 BC. Crawford 463/2; Sydenham 978. O: Crested Corinthian helmet right, surmounted by owl, RVFVS to left. R: Aegis of Minerva decorated with facing head of Medusa in center, MN CORDIVS around.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Mn. Cordius Rufus issued three different denarii types in 46 BC...&nbsp; </p><p><b>Please feel free to show your examples of any and all of them!</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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