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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2416226, member: 74282&quot;]Nice coin! THis is one of the more interesting moneyer denarii, in part because this moneyer is a bit of a mystery. He minted two different types the same year: the serrate variety that you and I have as well as a standard, non-serrate variety(which I unfortunately do not have an example of) that featured Jupiter on the obverse and Juno Sospita on the reverse, both of which are relatively common. He was also the only member of the gens Procilia who minted coins(or at least, minted coins with his family name on them), but unfortunately, he is otherwise unknown to history. It&#039;s thought that his family hails from Lanuvium based on his affinity for Juno Sospita types and Lanuvium being the center of the cult of Juno Sospita, and Crawford mentions that he may be the same Procilius whom Cicero records prosecuted and condemned for misconduct(including murder) circa 56 BC. He may also be the historian Procilius, though once again, there&#039;s really no way to be certain.</p><p><br /></p><p>At any rate, these Procilius types are some of the more interesting of the various &quot;moneyer&quot; types of the 1st century BC and you&#039;ve added a wonderful coin to your collection. My example is below:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]500033[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic, L. Procilius, moneyer, AR Serrate Denarius(3.895g, 19.3mm). Rome mint, 80 BC. Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat-skin headdress; S•C behind / L PROCILI F, Juno Sospita, holding spear and shield, in biga right; serpent below. Crawford 379/2; Sydenham 772; Procilia 2.</p><p>Ex. Andrew McCabe Collection, private purchase from Roma Numismatics, 2009[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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