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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carthago, post: 3345151, member: 76111&quot;]I&#039;m hanging out drinking some wine and grooving on my latest prawn denarius and thought I&#039;d share some of my cooler anonymous symbol denarii.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Several of the earlier Roman Republican anonymous issues of denarii and supporting fractional coinage shared a certain symbol theme which is very interesting to collect.&nbsp; I primarily only collect Republican silver and have only really scratched the surface of the symbols as there are quite a few.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my prawn.&nbsp; Really with the size of that thing, I call it a sea monster.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Anonymous Prawn Series Denarius AR circa 179-170 ( ),&nbsp; Helmeted head of Roma r.; behind, X. Rev. Luna in prancing biga r.; below horses, prawn and ROMA in linear frame.&nbsp; Sydenham 343; Crawford 156/1; FFC 79 (this coin)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Numismatik Lanz Auction 88, Leo Benz Collection,&nbsp; November 23, 1998, Lot 83</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]885894[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Anonymous. 206-195 BC. AR Denarius (3.93g, 18.2mm, 4h ). Rome mint. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet, ornamented with griffin&#039;s head, the visor in three pieces, single-drop earring, and necklace; X (mark of value) to left / The Dioscuri on horseback riding right, each holding couched spear, and wearing chlamys, cuirass, and pileus, surmounted by star; below horses, boar right; ROMA on tablet in exergue. Crawford 121/2; Sydenham 252; RSC 20r; Kestner 289-327; BMCRR Italy 479; RBW 555. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Sternberg VII 24 November 24, 1977 lot 256</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]885896[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Anonymous Denarius Central Italy circa 211-208, AR (4.48g, 20.8mm, 12h). Helmeted head of Roma r.; behind, X. Rev. The Dioscuri galloping r.; behind, Victory with wreath. In exergue, ROMA. Sydenham 147. Crawford 61/1.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Bruder Egger Auction 45 November 12, 1913, Lot 856</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]885897[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Feel free to join the symbol fun by sharing your examples.&nbsp; </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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