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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tartanhill, post: 3945394, member: 93472&quot;]Two recent Roma auctions offered the two denarii below.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.numisbids.com/sales/hosted/roma/e63/image00595.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cornucopiae (first) series AR Denarius. Rome, 207 BC. Helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) behind / The Dioscuri, each holding spear, on horseback to right, two stars above; cornucopiae below horses, ROMA in exergue. Crawford 58/2; BMCRR Rome 419; RSC 20h. 4.04g, 20mm, 7h.</p><p><br /></p><p>Price realized:&nbsp; 1100 GBP</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.numisbids.com/sales/hosted/roma/e65/image00660.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Crescent (first) series AR Denarius. Rome, 207 BC. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet ornamented with griffin&#039;s head; X behind / The Dioscuri on horseback to right, each holding couched spear; crescent above; ROMA in relief in linear frame below. Crawford 57/2; Sydenham 265; RSC 20i. 4.53g, 20mm, 11h.</p><p><br /></p><p>Price realized:&nbsp; 1800 GBP</p><p><br /></p><p>My question concerns the word (first) in the descriptions.&nbsp; They both went for prices way beyond what I would have expected, so they must be special.&nbsp; In what way were they (first), and is that why they were bid up so high?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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