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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4886454, member: 99456"]Here's a 6.9mm diameter difference in a pair of denarii.</p><p><br /></p><p>One is 3.87 grams</p><p>The other is 3.88 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>One is 15.4 mm</p><p>The other is 22.3 mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>One is</p><p><b>L. Julius L.f. Caesar,</b> 103 BC, AR denarius</p><p><b>Obv: </b>Helmeted head of Mars left; retrograde B• above</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Venus Genetrix driving biga left, drawn by two Cupids; lyre before them, retrograde B• above</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Crawford 320/1; Sydenham 593a; Julia 4a</p><p><b>L. Julius L.f. Caesar</b></p><ul> <li>a relative of Julius Caesar the dictator</li> <li>one of the earliest members of the family to attain the consulship</li> <li>governor of Macedonia in 94 BC</li> <li>consul during the Social War</li> <li>passed the basic law which offered Roman citizenship to the Italian allies</li> <li>opponent of Marius</li> <li>killed when Marius returned to Rome in 87 BC</li> <li>grandfather of Mark Antony</li> </ul><p>The other is</p><p><b>Lucius Caesius</b>, 112-111 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Youthful, diademed and draped bust of Vejovis left, seen from behind, hurling thunderbolt with right hand; monogram to right</p><p><b>Rev: </b>Two Lares seated right on rock, each holding a spear in left hand; dog between them, the Lar on right petting head of dog with right hand; head of Vulcan and tongs above; (E retrograde)R monogram to right; L • CÆSI in exergue</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Crawford 298/1; Sydenham 564; Caesia 1</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1179091[/ATTACH]</p><p>Both are RR denarii from the end of the 2nd century BC.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4886454, member: 99456"]Here's a 6.9mm diameter difference in a pair of denarii. One is 3.87 grams The other is 3.88 grams. One is 15.4 mm The other is 22.3 mm. One is [B]L. Julius L.f. Caesar,[/B] 103 BC, AR denarius [B]Obv: [/B]Helmeted head of Mars left; retrograde B• above [B]Rev:[/B] Venus Genetrix driving biga left, drawn by two Cupids; lyre before them, retrograde B• above [B]Ref:[/B] Crawford 320/1; Sydenham 593a; Julia 4a [B]L. Julius L.f. Caesar[/B] [LIST] [*]a relative of Julius Caesar the dictator [*]one of the earliest members of the family to attain the consulship [*]governor of Macedonia in 94 BC [*]consul during the Social War [*]passed the basic law which offered Roman citizenship to the Italian allies [*]opponent of Marius [*]killed when Marius returned to Rome in 87 BC [*]grandfather of Mark Antony [/LIST] The other is [B]Lucius Caesius[/B], 112-111 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint [B]Obv:[/B] Youthful, diademed and draped bust of Vejovis left, seen from behind, hurling thunderbolt with right hand; monogram to right [B]Rev: [/B]Two Lares seated right on rock, each holding a spear in left hand; dog between them, the Lar on right petting head of dog with right hand; head of Vulcan and tongs above; (E retrograde)R monogram to right; L • CÆSI in exergue [B]Ref: [/B]Crawford 298/1; Sydenham 564; Caesia 1 [ATTACH=full]1179091[/ATTACH] Both are RR denarii from the end of the 2nd century BC.[/QUOTE]
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