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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3752546, member: 99456"]If your stunning<b> T. Carisius</b>, [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER]'s amazing <b>L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus</b> or [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER]'s elegant <b>Didrachm Roma-Victory Crawford 22-1</b>, and the coins of [USER=100777]@octavius[/USER] didn't already make the case that many RR dies are beautifully and artistically engraved, here are a few I submit as evidence:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1006138[/ATTACH] A few faces of the Republic</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1006135[/ATTACH]<b>Albinus Bruti</b> f. 48 BC, AR Denarius,</p><p><b>Obv:</b> PIETAS, head of Pietas right</p><p><b>Rev: </b>ALBINVS BRVTI F, two clasped hands holding winged caduceus</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Crawford 450/2, Postumia 10</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1006140[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>C. Marius C. f. Capito</b>, 81 BC, AR Denarius</p><p><b>Obv:</b> CAPIT. behind, draped bust of Ceres right, wearing grain-ear wreath and earring; LXXXXVIII above, ? control mark below chin</p><p><b>Rev:</b> C. MARI. C. F. / S. C in two lines in exergue, husbandman plowing left with a yoke of oxen; LXXXXVIII above</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Crawford 378/1c</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1008685[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>L. Cassius Q.f. Longinus</b>, 75 BC, AR Denarius</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Head of Bacchus (or Liber) right, wearing ivy wreath; thyrsus over shoulder</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Head of Libera left, wearing vine wreath, L•CASSI•Q•F upwards behind.</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Crawford 386/1;</p><p><br /></p><p>and even the ones that are more "cartoon" look, can be nicely engraved - and what better way to advertise your support for games in the circus than with a little cartoon flair.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1006147[/ATTACH]<b>Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus,</b> 128 BC, AR Denarius</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Helmeted head of Roma right; grain ear behind</p><p><b>Rev: </b>Victory in biga right; man fighting lion below</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Crawford 261/1; Sydenham 514; Domitia 14[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3752546, member: 99456"]If your stunning[B] T. Carisius[/B], [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER]'s amazing [B]L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus[/B] or [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER]'s elegant [B]Didrachm Roma-Victory Crawford 22-1[/B], and the coins of [USER=100777]@octavius[/USER] didn't already make the case that many RR dies are beautifully and artistically engraved, here are a few I submit as evidence: [ATTACH=full]1006138[/ATTACH] A few faces of the Republic [ATTACH=full]1006135[/ATTACH][B]Albinus Bruti[/B] f. 48 BC, AR Denarius, [B]Obv:[/B] PIETAS, head of Pietas right [B]Rev: [/B]ALBINVS BRVTI F, two clasped hands holding winged caduceus [B]Ref: [/B]Crawford 450/2, Postumia 10 [ATTACH=full]1006140[/ATTACH] [B]C. Marius C. f. Capito[/B], 81 BC, AR Denarius [B]Obv:[/B] CAPIT. behind, draped bust of Ceres right, wearing grain-ear wreath and earring; LXXXXVIII above, ? control mark below chin [B]Rev:[/B] C. MARI. C. F. / S. C in two lines in exergue, husbandman plowing left with a yoke of oxen; LXXXXVIII above [B]Ref:[/B] Crawford 378/1c [ATTACH=full]1008685[/ATTACH] [B]L. Cassius Q.f. Longinus[/B], 75 BC, AR Denarius [B]Obv:[/B] Head of Bacchus (or Liber) right, wearing ivy wreath; thyrsus over shoulder [B]Rev:[/B] Head of Libera left, wearing vine wreath, L•CASSI•Q•F upwards behind. [B]Ref:[/B] Crawford 386/1; and even the ones that are more "cartoon" look, can be nicely engraved - and what better way to advertise your support for games in the circus than with a little cartoon flair. [ATTACH=full]1006147[/ATTACH][B]Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus,[/B] 128 BC, AR Denarius [B]Obv:[/B] Helmeted head of Roma right; grain ear behind [B]Rev: [/B]Victory in biga right; man fighting lion below [B]Ref: [/B]Crawford 261/1; Sydenham 514; Domitia 14[/QUOTE]
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