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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 7562366, member: 99456&quot;]Here&#039;s a lustrous battle scene - celebrating a heroic act of the moneyer&#039;s ancestor:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1303945[/ATTACH]<b>P. Fonteius P.f. Capito</b>, AR denarius , 55 BC</p><p><b>Obv:</b> P·FONTEIVS·P·F – CAPITO·III·VIR, helmeted and draped bust of Mars right, with trophy over shoulder</p><p><b>Rev: </b>MN – FONT·TR·MIL, horseman thrusting spear at enemy who is about to slay unarmed captive; in right field, helmet and oval shield</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Crawford 429/1.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Edit:</b> In general I am more of a fan of bright and lustrous on coins like this one than a Roman republican denarius where I like a coin that looks like it has been sitting in a cabinet for a few hundred years...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1303958[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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