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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carausius, post: 3346806, member: 76440&quot;]I&#039;ve habitually delayed focus on early symbol denarii in my Roman Republican collecting to such an extent that it is now a glaring deficiency in my collection.&nbsp; I always think, &quot;I&#039;ll get to them some day.&quot;&nbsp; In fact, I only acquired my first early symbol denarius last month.&nbsp; I was pleased with the coin, and then I was positively thrilled when I serendipitously found it in an old catalogue (while looking for something else, of course).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]886219[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Rome. The Republic.</p><p>Anonymous Prawn Series, 179-169 BCE.</p><p>AR Denarius (3.87g).</p><p>Obv: Helmeted head of Roma r.; behind, X. Rev. Luna in biga r.; below horses, prawn; in exergue, ROMA in linear frame.</p><p>References: Sydenham 343; Crawford 156/1; BMCRR 585.</p><p><b><i>Provenance: Ex Frederick S. Knobloch Collection [Stack&#039;s, 3-4 May 1978, Lot 97].</i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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