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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 24654457, member: 87809&quot;]Just have one L. Papius - not as good as the OP; it is what it is.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Sydenham proposed that the symbols on these denarii represent trade guilds and merchants (collegia opificum) in &quot;Symbols on Denarii of L. Papius and L. Roscius&quot;, Numismatic Chronicle, 1931. However, Crawford in RRC, suggested that there is no such association with the collegia. Rather he believes they are a &quot;random selection of pairs of everyday objects&quot;.</p><p>The symbols on this denarius may refer to the wine vendors trade guild.</p><p><br /></p><p>Denarius Serratus, Rome, 79 BC</p><p>18.5 x 18 mm, 3.607 g</p><p>RRC 384/1, type 33; Sydenham 773; RSC I Papia 1; SRCV I 311</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat&#039;s skin; shallow cup behind.</p><p>Rev.: Griffin springing right; rhyton ending in a horse left below L•PAPI in ex.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1570776[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1570777[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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