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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4891709, member: 85693&quot;]<font size="4">I think this is one of those XVI denarii?&nbsp; It is more of a monogram than spelt out.&nbsp; I attributed this a couple of years ago and I don&#039;t remember where I got my &quot;notes&quot; so maybe this is wrong?</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>[ATTACH=full]1180612[/ATTACH] </b></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Roman Republic&nbsp; Denarius </b></font></p><p><b>L. Antestius Gragulus</b></p><p><b>(136 B.C.) Rome Mint</b></p><p>Helmeted head of Roma right, monogram XVI below chin,&nbsp; GRAG behind / Jupiter in quadriga left with thunderbolt and sceptre; L·ANTES below; ROMA in exergue.</p><p>Antestia 9; Crawford 238/1</p><p>(3.86 grams / 21 x 18 mm) </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes:&nbsp; </b></p><p>On this coin, a new mark of denomination is used for the first time. Previous denarii had an X.&nbsp;&nbsp; The star shape on this and subsequent coins probably represents the numeral XVI as a monogram.</p><p><b>Damage: </b> Holed with engraved <i>CS</i> on obverse; c. 18th-19th C. &quot;love token.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s another one with a monogram:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180614[/ATTACH] </p><p><b><font size="4"><b>Roman Republic Denarius</b></font></b></p><p><b>M. Aburius M.f. Geminus</b></p><p><b>(132 B.C.)&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>Helmeted head of Roma right; GEM behind; XVI monogram below chin / Sol in galloping quadriga right, holding reins and whip; M. ABVRI below; ROMA in exergue.</p><p>Aburia 6; Crawford 250/1.</p><p>(3.81 grams / 17 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>&nbsp;</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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