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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2596713, member: 76194&quot;]I&#039;m going to do one more tonight. I&#039;ll probably do one or two more tomorrow:</p><p><br /></p><p>#8:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]566033[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>M. Fonteius</b>. 87 B.C. AR denarius (19.87 mm, 3.93 g, 5 h). M· FONTEI C·F, laureate head of Apollo Vejovis right; monogram below chin, AP monogram below chin / Eros (or infant winged Genius) seated on goat right; caps of the Dioscuri above; filleted thyrsos below; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 353/1a; Sydenham 724; RSC Fonteia 9. Toned EF, Minor reverse die break.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was in my list of coins to get almost since day one of my ancient coin collecting journey. I&#039;m not ashamed to admit it was all about the goat. I just had to have me one of them fluffy goats. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I&#039;ve had it now for about 6 months and I&#039;m still very exited about owning it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the caps representing the discouri is also a very nice touch to what is already one cool coin. Different versions of the discouri theme feature heavily in Roman Republic coins, so in a sense it is nice to see this unique coin still retains one of the more traditional themes of Roman Republic denarii design.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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