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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2918401, member: 74282&quot;]It&#039;s definitely an imitation, and possibly Geto-Dacian but the Geto-Dacians were only one of several groups making these coins so it&#039;s hard to really be sure without knowing the find spot. As far as the symbols, you can&#039;t really see the reverse symbol but the obverse symbol looks like a trident which is symbol pair 104 in Crawford(see <a href="http://www.bonannocoins.com/l_papius/l_papi_coins.php?type_id=104.00" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bonannocoins.com/l_papius/l_papi_coins.php?type_id=104.00" rel="nofollow">here</a> or take a look at plate LXVI in Crawford). I really like these imitations and am always on the lookout for them but I&#039;ve only managed to pick up two so far:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]706139[/ATTACH]</p><p>Imitations of Roman Republic coinage, unknown group(possibly Geto-Dacian?), AR denarius(18mm, 3.59g), after 61 B.C. Types of C. Calpurnius Piso Frugi. Laureate head of Apollo right; behind, Π / Horseman right with palm; above, star; below, CΓISOLΓ. Cf. Crawford 408/1a, obv. die 6(Π), rev. die 14(star) for prototype</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]706141[/ATTACH] </p><p>Imitations of Roman Republic, Eravisci, AR Denarius(18.6mm, 3.31g, 6h), circa 50-20 B.C., mint in modern-day Hungary. Imitating types of C. Postumius. Bust of diana right, bow and quiver on shoulder / Hound running right, spear below. POSTVMI TA(in ligature) in exergue. Freeman 24(this coin), dies 17/P; Davis Class B, Group II Pannonian, Eraviscan E15(these dies); cf. Crawford 394/1a for prototype</p><p>Ex RBW Collection(Agora 69, 9/26/2017, lot 1). From a hoard partially published in 1998 in &quot;A group of Eraviscan denarii&quot; by Robert Freeman in &quot;Coins of Macedonia and Rome: Essays in Honour of Charles Hersh&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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