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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 24860059, member: 87809&quot;]Have a Thorius Balbus albeit with some dark something. Got it from HJB pick-bin in September for about $17 (i bought 7 coins for $115).</p><p><br /></p><p>Haven&#039;t tried to clean it because last time I cleaned a coin the result was a complete disaster.</p><p><br /></p><p>L. Thorius Balbus was born in an uncertain year in Lanuvium, Hispania, where there was a cult of Iuno Sospita. Lanuvium was the city of Iuno Seispes Mater Regina; etymologically Seispes - whose meaning is unclear until today – turned into Sospes or Sospita, meaning helper or savior.</p><p><br /></p><p>Denarius, Rome, 105 BC</p><p>19 mm, 3.566 g</p><p><br /></p><p>Crawford 316/1; RSC Thoria 1; Sydenham 598; RCV 2000 Ed., 192; BMCRR 1617</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: Head of Iuno Sospita to r., wearing goatskin headdress; I•S•M•R (Iuno Sispes Mater Regina) downwards at left</p><p>Rev.: Bull charging to right; control letter B above; below L•THORIVS /BALBVS. Border of dots</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1594200[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1594201[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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