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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 974969, member: 19463&quot;]<a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/system_pages/holding_area/research/rrc/preface.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/system_pages/holding_area/research/rrc/preface.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.britishmuseum.org/system_pages/holding_area/research/rrc/preface.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The British Museum has placed online a nice reference for those interested in coins of the Roman Republic.&nbsp; In addition to photos of their 12000+ coins there are lists of the moneyers and explanatory articles to help make sense of the material.&nbsp; I also enjoyed the piece on the history of the collection from 1799 to the 2002 Hersh bequest of 5000+ Republican coins many of which were specifically purchased because the donor knew the BM needed that one.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the downside, the photography tends to be dark - especially the thumbnails - but clicking on the smaller images brings up screen filling sizes that tend to be better.&nbsp; There is a search feature.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know how many times this comes up but the resource includes a gold EID MAR Brutus that is noted as being a fake.&nbsp; It made the catalog because the coin was part of the collection of King George III.&nbsp; I wonder when along the way it was decided that the coin was fake (did the king know?)?</p><p><br /></p><p>Learn to use the contents bar at the left of the linked page.</p><p><a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/system_pages/holding_area/research/rrc/preface.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/system_pages/holding_area/research/rrc/preface.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.britishmuseum.org/system_pages/holding_area/research/rrc/preface.aspx</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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