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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4307273, member: 110350"]I have three Roman Republican Serrate coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic. C. Poblicius Q.f. AR Serrate Denarius, 80 BCE. Obv. Head of Roma right, wearing helmet decorated with grain ears; ROMA behind, V above / Rev. C•POBLICI•Q•F; Hercules standing left, strangling the Nemean Lion; bow and quiver to left, club below, V above lion. Crawford 380/1; RSC I Poblicia 9; Sydenham 768. 20.13 mm., 3.84 g. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1095719[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, L. Papius, AR Serrate Denarius, 79 BCE. Obv. Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin; control-symbol of lyre behind/ Rev. Gryphon prancing right, control-symbol of lyre-key below, L. PAPI in exergue. Crawford 384/1 (see also Crawford Vol. II Plate LXVII, control-symbol 127 & p. 788), RSC I Papia 1, Sear RCV I 311 (ill.). 19 mm., 3.79 g., 9 h.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1095720[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, L. Roscius Fabatus, AR Serrate Denarius, 64 BCE, Rome Mint. Obv. Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat's skin, control-symbol [lamp with flame?] to left, L. ROSCI in exergue/ Rev. Maiden standing right with basket over shoulder, feeding serpent erect before her, control-symbol [lamp with flame?] to left, FABATI in exergue. RSC I Roscia 3, Crawford 412/1 (see also Crawford Vol. II Plate LXVIII, control-symbol 106 & pp. 790-792), Sear RCV I 363 (ill.). 16mm, 3.93g., 3h. (<i>Depicts annual ceremony at Juno Sospita festival in Lanuvium, in grotto under temple; see RSC I at p. 85.</i>)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1095722[/ATTACH] </p><p>In terms of theories on the significance of serrated coins, I have none. I'm attaching the discussions on the subject in Crawford (Vol. II p. 581) and in John Melville Jones's <i>Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins </i>(pp. 286-287). As you will see, each author shoots down various theories that have been proposed, but neither is able to come up with a theory of his own, beyond Crawford's conclusion that serration was likely "no more than a casual decorative fashion."</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1095739[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1095741[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4307273, member: 110350"]I have three Roman Republican Serrate coins: Roman Republic. C. Poblicius Q.f. AR Serrate Denarius, 80 BCE. Obv. Head of Roma right, wearing helmet decorated with grain ears; ROMA behind, V above / Rev. C•POBLICI•Q•F; Hercules standing left, strangling the Nemean Lion; bow and quiver to left, club below, V above lion. Crawford 380/1; RSC I Poblicia 9; Sydenham 768. 20.13 mm., 3.84 g. [ATTACH=full]1095719[/ATTACH] Roman Republic, L. Papius, AR Serrate Denarius, 79 BCE. Obv. Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin; control-symbol of lyre behind/ Rev. Gryphon prancing right, control-symbol of lyre-key below, L. PAPI in exergue. Crawford 384/1 (see also Crawford Vol. II Plate LXVII, control-symbol 127 & p. 788), RSC I Papia 1, Sear RCV I 311 (ill.). 19 mm., 3.79 g., 9 h. [ATTACH=full]1095720[/ATTACH] Roman Republic, L. Roscius Fabatus, AR Serrate Denarius, 64 BCE, Rome Mint. Obv. Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat's skin, control-symbol [lamp with flame?] to left, L. ROSCI in exergue/ Rev. Maiden standing right with basket over shoulder, feeding serpent erect before her, control-symbol [lamp with flame?] to left, FABATI in exergue. RSC I Roscia 3, Crawford 412/1 (see also Crawford Vol. II Plate LXVIII, control-symbol 106 & pp. 790-792), Sear RCV I 363 (ill.). 16mm, 3.93g., 3h. ([I]Depicts annual ceremony at Juno Sospita festival in Lanuvium, in grotto under temple; see RSC I at p. 85.[/I]) [ATTACH=full]1095722[/ATTACH] In terms of theories on the significance of serrated coins, I have none. I'm attaching the discussions on the subject in Crawford (Vol. II p. 581) and in John Melville Jones's [I]Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins [/I](pp. 286-287). As you will see, each author shoots down various theories that have been proposed, but neither is able to come up with a theory of his own, beyond Crawford's conclusion that serration was likely "no more than a casual decorative fashion." [ATTACH=full]1095739[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1095741[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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