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Message:: [QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 3298742, member: 51347"]I have shown these before, however here are a couple misattributes from the Roman Republic: This was a surprise, as I was going after a very early 211 BCE Post-Reform Denarius as Crawford 44/5. [USER=74282]@red_spork[/USER] pointed out that this was actually Crawford 68/1b, a very hard-to-get Sicily issue...The Sicily issues had a very odd but distinct downward pointing crest-horn on the back of the helmet:[ATTACH=full]873450[/ATTACH]RR Anon AR denarius Roma 211-206 BCE ROMA incus Dioscuri single horn-helmet Sear-- Craw 68/1b SICILY ISSUE RARE was cr 44-5[ATTACH=full]873453[/ATTACH]downward pointing crest-horn Gee, Ollie, I messed up AGAIN! I was going after the Quinarius from the Post-Denarius Reform after 211, and it was misattributed as Crawford 44/6 from the Clain-Stefanelli Collection. Again, it is rightly re-attributed as part of the Crawford 68/2b series minted in Sicily.[ATTACH=full]873454[/ATTACH]RR Anon after 211 BCE AR Quinarius 2.12g Helmeted hd Roma - Dioscuri riding Cr 68-2b was 44-6 RSC 3 ex Clain-Stefanelli RARE[ATTACH=full]873455[/ATTACH]downward pointing crest-horn I respectfully submit that this was a bit embarrassing to have them called out to be reattributed.  I really missed the downward pointed crest-horn on both of them.  However, they moved from a more common(?) issue to RARE issues... nice mistake to make. [ATTACH=full]873457[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]