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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 2918343, member: 85693&quot;]Here&#039;s something else I know nothing about.&nbsp; An imitation of a Roman Republican denarius (non-serratus in this case) of L Papius 79 BC, Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goatskin, symbol behind / Gryphon dancing right, symbol below, L PAPI in ex. Crawford 384/1. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is clearly not an official issue - it is not serratus and the style is pretty crude (Juno here looks a bit like the cartoon character Louise Belcher from <i>Bob&#039;s Burgers</i>).&nbsp; Also the obverse symbol doesn&#039;t match the 3 bazillion examples I looked at online (but I&#039;m sure I missed some).&nbsp; The metal appears to be good and it is rather heavy at 4.39 grams.&nbsp; It seems too weird to be a modern fake, but please set me straight if it is.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I found Phil Davis&#039;s wonderful site on Roman Republican imitations, and from what I can figure, this might be one of the &quot;Class A, Group II&nbsp; Geto-Dacian Monetary Imitations.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://rrimitations.ancients.info/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rrimitations.ancients.info/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://rrimitations.ancients.info/index.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Any similar examples or additional information, comments, etc. much appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]706091[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]706092[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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