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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2433766, member: 74282&quot;]I&#039;ve got a few from the period but this one from 134 B.C. itself, also with grain ears on it:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]505951[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic AR denarius(3.77g, 19mm). Ti. Minucius C.f. Augurinus, moneyer, 134 BC. Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; behind, [XVI]. Border of dots / Spiral column; standing on column, statue holding staff in right hand; at base of column, two corn-ears; on left, togate figure holding loaves(?) in both hands and placing left foot on modius; on right, togate figure holding lituus in right hand; above, ROMA; on left, TI MINVCI C F upwards; on right, AVGVRINI downwards. Border of dots. Crawford 243/1; Sydenham 494; Minucia 9.</p><p>Interesting note: This is the example on <a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s0120.html#minucia9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s0120.html#minucia9" rel="nofollow">the wildwinds page</a> for the type which I didn&#039;t realize until a month or so after I bought it[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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