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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2410078, member: 31620&quot;]I can&#039;t resist adding something.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a coin type the Lucius Papius Denarius Serratus is not rare. It was produced from multiple matched die pairs. The British Museum has logged 232 different matched die pairs so far and we suspect that 246 die pairs were actually created because one of the die pairs has CCXLVI as the symbols on both sides. This wouldimply that there are stilla few die pairs that were created that are still to be found. The following coin was confirmed by the British Museum and is included in the 232 above and is still the only example from this die pair found to date.</p><p><br /></p><p><b> L Papius Denarius Serratus</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:– Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin tied under chin. Behind head, Dolphin wrapped around anchor.</p><p>Rev:– Gryphon running right; in ex., L. PAPI.; in field, Hippocamp</p><p>Minted in Rome from . B.C. 79.</p><p>Reference(s) – RSC Papia 1. RRC 384/1. RCTV 311.</p><p>Symbol variety – RRC -. Babelon -. BMCRR -.</p><p><br /></p><p>A previously unknown symbol pair and the only known example. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/Papia_1b_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Martin</p><p><br /></p><p>(Rare enough for ya?)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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