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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4093625, member: 96898"]Thank you for the informative write-up and for showing your beautiful new acquisition! A great coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's particularly interesting that the obverse showing Pietas and her attribute, the stork, seems to refer to Q. Caecilius Metellus' celebratory cognomen, "Pius."</p><p><br /></p><p>I have the elephant denarius with the same obverse:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1065521[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Roman Republic, imperatorial issue of Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius, AR denarius, 81 BC, Northern Italian mint. Obv: diademed head of Pietas r.; to right, stork standing r. Rev: Q C M P I; elephant standing l., wearing bell around neck. 17mm, 3.55g. Ref: RRC 374/1. Ex JB collection; ex AMCC 2, lot 105 (their picture).</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4093625, member: 96898"]Thank you for the informative write-up and for showing your beautiful new acquisition! A great coin. It's particularly interesting that the obverse showing Pietas and her attribute, the stork, seems to refer to Q. Caecilius Metellus' celebratory cognomen, "Pius." I have the elephant denarius with the same obverse: [ATTACH=full]1065521[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Roman Republic, imperatorial issue of Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius, AR denarius, 81 BC, Northern Italian mint. Obv: diademed head of Pietas r.; to right, stork standing r. Rev: Q C M P I; elephant standing l., wearing bell around neck. 17mm, 3.55g. Ref: RRC 374/1. Ex JB collection; ex AMCC 2, lot 105 (their picture).[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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