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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2656598, member: 56859&quot;]Oh yeah, the centaur.&nbsp; Thanks for the reminder, Z <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/cottacentaurs-cr229-1b-rt-jpg.505480/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC, M. Aurelius Cotta</b></p><p>139 BCE</p><p>AR Denarius, 20 mm, ? gm (can&#039;t find my scale right at the moment <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p>Obv: helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) behind; COTA before; dotted border</p><p>Rev: Hercules carrying a club, driving biga of centaurs right; centaurs each carrying a branch; M·AVRELI (AVR is ligate); in exergue, ROMA; line border</p><p>Ref: Crawford 229/1b; Sydenham 429; Aurelia 16</p><p><i>formerly slabbed, NGC bulk submission holder, &quot;VF&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Goat biga:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252Fmedia%25252Fae43f8_8082b8ae176246d587794e21e2b76c71.jpg%25252Fv1%25252Ffit%25252Fw_1644%25252Ch_1028%25252Cq_90%25252Cusm_0.66_1.00_0.01%25252Fae43f8_8082b8ae176246d587794e21e2b76c71.jpg%2526hash%253D1322f33116d97e9c8a20f3e5f4936892%26hash%3D15d33cd03626d48cb030cd08f4c2daa5&amp;hash=868c42691fe400dd4c2de0464898e6ce" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Roman Republic fourree mule denarius</b></p><p><b>L. Antestius Gragulus, 136 BCE, and C. Renius, 138 BCE</b></p><p>ancient forgery, 3.18 gm</p><p>Obv: Roma helmeted head right, * below chin, GRAG behind</p><p>Rev: Juno Caprotina in a biga of goats, C・RENI below, ROMA in exergue</p><p>Ref: Obverse S.115, Cr.238/1, Syd.451, RSC Antestia 9; Reverse S.108, Cr.231/1, Syd.432, RSc Renia 1</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mule-or-goat-both-gragulus-renius-four%C3%A9e-denarius.270214/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mule-or-goat-both-gragulus-renius-four%C3%A9e-denarius.270214/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mule-or-goat-both-gragulus-renius-fourée-denarius.270214/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/jc-cupidbigadenarius-reflection-jpg.458530/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!l-julius-lf-caesar-denarius/c2c" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!l-julius-lf-caesar-denarius/c2c" rel="nofollow">Roman Republic</a></b></p><p><b><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!l-julius-lf-caesar-denarius/c2c" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!l-julius-lf-caesar-denarius/c2c" rel="nofollow">moneyer L. Julius L. f. Caesar, 103 BC</a></b></p><p>AR denarius, 17mm, 3.9 gm</p><p>Obv: Helmeted head of Mars left; CAESAR; ・J above</p><p>Rev: Venus Genetrix in chariot left, drawn by two Cupids; lyre to left; ・J above</p><p>Ref: Crawford 320/1</p><p><i>Jencek E-auction 26, lot 58, 14 October 2014. Ex CNG XXXI lot 699, September 1994; ex RBW Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/crepereiusdenarius-rt-jpg.551061/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC</b></p><p><b>Moneyer Q. Crepereius M.f. Rocus</b></p><p>69 BCE (revised from Crawford&#039;s 72 BCE)</p><p>AR serrate denarius; 3.99 gm</p><p>Obv: draped bust of Amphitrite seen from behind, with head turned r.; behind, sea anemone; horizontal I to right of right shoulder (only partly visible on this coin)</p><p>Rev: Neptune in biga of hippocamps right, holding reins and brandishing trident; above, I and below, Q·CREPER·M·F / ROCVS</p><p>Ref: Crawford 399/1b; Babelon Crepereia 1. Sydenham 796a. Rare.</p><p><i>from HJB BBS 200, October 2016</i></p><p><i>ex NAC 78 lot 1828, from the JD Collection of Roman Republican Coins</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><br /></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_521be6e0b7434d70b8a97fbba63c30b8.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_1000%252Ch_506%252Cal_c%252Cq_90%252Fae43f8_521be6e0b7434d70b8a97fbba63c30b8.jpg%26hash%3D94009fdc8105167ba3b83ec0159638de&amp;hash=edccb3d6d42ef7fc4ee4b75486d6ecbc" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Berytos</b></p><p>1st century BCE</p><p>Æ19.5, 5.9 gm</p><p>Obv: Turreted head of Tyche right</p><p>Rev: Poseidon standing left in quadriga drawn by four hippocamps</p><p>Ref: SNG Copenhagen 83[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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