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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 8033886, member: 83845&quot;]Don’t sell your coins short my friend. That M. Servilius is as interesting a type as any struck during the Republic. There is a fascinating story there.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I wouldn’t sell your Dioscuri reverse short either. That is an iconic type despite being the most common and every RR collection needs at least one example. In fact, my favorite Republican coin shares the same design.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1391615[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Roman Republic</font></p><p><font size="3">Second Punic War (218 – 201 BC)</font></p><p><font size="3">Anonymous AR Denarius, Rome Mint, struck ca. 211 BC</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 4.2 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 20 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: Helmeted head of Roma right. X in left field</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: Dioscuri galloping right. ROMA in exergue and partially incuse on raised tablet</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: Crawford 44/5 Brinkman Group 5. Sydenham 167. RBW 169.</font></p><p><font size="3">Ex Numismatic Ars Classica Auction 100 Part II, Lot 1368 (May 30, 2017)</font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You are too kind my friend! That is a great voting scene denarius from another member of the gens Cassia.&nbsp; Great addition. Thanks for sharing!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is a great post! Thank you for the additional information. This helps make more sense of the tickets. Dr. Hommel had help cataloging his collection at some point and the second ticket with the cut-out at the top is the result.&nbsp; At first I thought it could be a Hirsch ticket from the 1969 sale but the numbers at the top right didn’t match the catalog. It looks like the numbers were part of Hommel’s organizational system.</p><p><br /></p><p>This leads me to another question though... what happened to the collection after his passing?&nbsp; Did he bequeath it to his University?&nbsp; If so the tickets could be from the University also.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you Kevin! I appreciate the kind words.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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