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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 24585932, member: 85693&quot;]Nice coin.&nbsp; I recently got a wretched one (fourrée) for cheap and though a fourrée, it still had the serrations (since the photo, I&#039;ve cleaned up the BD): </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1561148[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="4"><b>Roman Republic </b></font><b><font size="4">Fourrée Serratus Denarius </font></b></p><p><b>C. Mamilius Limetanus</b> <b>(84-83 B.C.) (see notes) Rome Mint (?) </b>Draped bust of Mercury right, caduceus over shoulder, A behind / C·M[A]MIL LIMET͡AN Ulysses walking right holding staff and extending hand to dog Argus on ground before him. eBay Dec. 2022&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><b>Attribution:</b> Fourrée issue withmuch base core exposed; for official issue&#039;s prototype: cf. Crawford 362/1;cf. RSC Mamilia 6; cf. Sydenham 741. (2.86 grams / 20 x 17 mm) <font size="4">This issue is common as a fourrée, with many examples online, auctions, etc.&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></p><p><br /></p><p>While researching this, I looked at a lot of these.&nbsp; Your coin made me look again; doing a basic acsearch for &quot;limetanus&quot; I found a couple that appear to lack the serrations (although it could be badly-cropped photos):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=242091" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=242091" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=242091</a></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=66167" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=66167" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=66167</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There were 901 hits for &quot;limetanus&quot; and I found these at the top 50 or so in the search, so there might be others.&nbsp; You might try to find a die-match - that always reassures me when I have a coin under scrutiny.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my NF post on this and other Republican issues from this era here:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.numisforums.com/topic/937-sulla-vs-marius-fire-at-the-rome-mint-and-the-marsyas-denarii-of-l-censorinus-and-other-issues-crawford-adjusted/#comment-16148" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numisforums.com/topic/937-sulla-vs-marius-fire-at-the-rome-mint-and-the-marsyas-denarii-of-l-censorinus-and-other-issues-crawford-adjusted/#comment-16148" rel="nofollow">https://www.numisforums.com/topic/937-sulla-vs-marius-fire-at-the-rome-mint-and-the-marsyas-denarii-of-l-censorinus-and-other-issues-crawford-adjusted/#comment-16148</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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