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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1720412, member: 19463&quot;][ATTACH]266529.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]266530.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]266531.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]266532.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have one of these with the TA monogram on the obverse.&nbsp; Some palm types also have APV which is supposed to mean Argento Publico (from public silver).&nbsp; There is a very rare one with neither TA or palm which did not make most of the standard references but explains why some books will call the OP coin a Tituria 1.&nbsp; The Tarpeia type also comes in the three variations (I only have the palm).&nbsp; The numbers on these get confused according to whose book you read as well.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The same moneyer also issued a large series with Victory in biga reverse and one of a large series of minor types in exergue.&nbsp; Mine has a boat and is catalogued as Tituria 10/12 in Banti but Tituria 6 in Seaby, <b>Roman Silver Coins </b>(1978 edition). </p><p><br /></p><p>Today&#039;s mail brought my latest excessive purchase, the 9 volume set of Corpus Nummorum Romanorum by Banti.&nbsp;&nbsp; It covers the Republican moneyer coins to excess taking 26 pages to list Tituria variations.&nbsp; That includes 33 illustrated specimens of the rape coins.&nbsp; My first use of it was for this thread and I discovered the listing differences between Seaby&#039;s RSC volume 1 and Banti although both are based on Babelon&#039;s numbering system.&nbsp; It will take me a while to learn to use the books.&nbsp; I wonder if I would be financially better off keeping them in perfect shape since I am sure that it will be a while before anyone does a coverage of the subject quite that extensive again.&nbsp;&nbsp; These are dated 1980 to 1982.&nbsp; I&#039;ll probably write a review of them in a few months but they seemed a reasonable purchase for someone who likes Republicans.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, my APV rape scene is a fourree.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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