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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sand, post: 7952593, member: 118540&quot;][USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] You have a very nice collection of ancient Roman Republic silver denarii. You have many interesting types, and beautiful portraits, and nice examples.</p><p>Here are my ancient Roman denarii. 2 Republic, and 2 Empire.</p><p>It seems like, my oldest denarius, is the same type, as your denarius in your top photo, row 1, column 6, with the interesting elephant head, below the horses, on the reverse. And a bell, attached to the elephant&#039;s head, below the elephant&#039;s head, between the &quot;O&quot; and the &quot;M&quot;. What was the purpose of the bell, I wonder? To make the elephant angry, for battle? So that they wouldn&#039;t lose the elephant? So that people could hear the elephant coming, and get out of its way? I don&#039;t know.</p><p>This is not a group photo. I just copied and pasted sections, from my ancient Roman coins group photos. However, the sizes of the coins are approximately correct, relative to each other, because these are sections of group photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1377972[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 1 : L. Caecilius Metellus Diadematus AR Denarius. 128 BC. Rome Mint. Sear 138. Crawford 262/1. 18 mm. 3.80 grams. Obverse Roma Wearing Helmet. Reverse Pax Driving Biga With Elephant&#039;s Head With Bell Attached Below.</p><p>Coin 2 : L. Flaminius Cilo AR Denarius. 109 BC To 108 BC. Rome Mint. Sear 179. Crawford 302/1. 20 mm. 3.51 grams. Obverse Roma Wearing Helmet. Reverse Victory Driving Biga With Legend &quot;L FLAMINI&quot; Below.</p><p>Coin 3 : Trajan AR Denarius. 108 AD To 109 AD. Rome Mint. RIC 119. 19 mm. 2.86 grams. Obverse Trajan. Reverse Aequitas Seated Holding Scales And Cornucopia.</p><p>Coin 4 : Julia Domna AR Denarius. 200 AD To 207 AD. Rome Mint. RIC 560. 16 mm. 2.87 grams. Obverse Julia Domna. Reverse Juno Standing Holding Patera And Scepter With Peacock On Left.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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