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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1404513, member: 19463&quot;]The Baltimore show Saturday provided several opportunities to talk to old friends and even a few souvenirs of the day.&nbsp; These are the Republicans that followed me home.&nbsp; After you collect a series for a while but don&#039;t have any intention to try for a complete set, you start looking for coins that are significantly different from the rest.&nbsp; In the case of Republicans that means not chariots and Roma heads.&nbsp; One I have always wanted is the denarius of T. Carisius (46 BC) showing Juno Moneta and tools.&nbsp; The standard ID is anvil, upper die, tongs and hammer but I have trouble accepting the hammer as the type appropriate for coin striking so I have some doubts about the rest of the items as well.&nbsp; This is a popular and expensive type so I was happy to find a lower grade example.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]169481.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The other Republican I found is M. Herennius (108-107 BC).&nbsp; Of minor interest are ligate letters TA in Pietas and HE in the moneyer&#039;s name.&nbsp; Here the dutiful son Amphinomus is carrying his father away from the eruption of Mt. Etna.&nbsp; Possibly the moneyer claimed descent from the hero but it could also refer to another act of filial piety by the moneyer or his family.&nbsp; This is not one of the most certainly understood types in the Republican series.</p><p>[ATTACH]169482.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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