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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2806830, member: 75525&quot;]These are &quot;real&quot; TVRD coins. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]655790[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]655791[/ATTACH] </p><p>C. Papirius Turdus AE As</p><p>Roman Republic As, struck bronze, 169 – 158 BC, Rome</p><p>Obv - Laureate head of Janus, I above</p><p>Rev - Prow right, TVRD ligate above, I before</p><p>C. Papirius Turdus Æ As, </p><p>24.84g, 31mm, 12h.</p><p>Good Fine.</p><p>Crawford 193/1.</p><p>BMCRR – Rome 796 – 798</p><p>Syd – 366</p><p>Bab – Papiria 1</p><p>RBW - 826</p><p><br /></p><p>Per Grueber: The Turdi were a branch of the Papiria Gens. Livy mentions a C. Papirius Turdus, who was Tribune of the Plebs in 178 BC. The coin may have been minted by his son (and thus the name attribution).&nbsp; This moneyer produced bronze coins Sextans to As, but no silver or gold coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both coins have good provenances. The left coin is ex RBW collection and Elsen 37 in 1994. The right coin is from the Andrew McCabe Collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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