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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2312611, member: 74282&quot;][ATTACH=full]466310[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I have wanted this type for quite some time but I kept being outbid or spent too long considering a purchase and someone else came in and bought it before I could make up my mind. Finally all my waiting paid off and I was able to capture this beautiful example, with a good strike on a nice, broad flan and excellent toning. This one was shipped from Europe in record time after being ordered last week and delivered to me early this morning.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the CNG description of a similar denarius: &quot;In the Temple of Vejovis in Rome there stood near his statue another statue of a goat with a winged Genius on its back, which alludes to the infancy of Jupiter, who, on Mount Ida, was nursed by the goat Amaltheia. The caps of the Dioscuri are placed above, because they were worshipped at Tusculum, from where the Fonteia family originated.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Full ID: Roman Republic AR Denarius(3.72g, 21mm). Mn. Fonteius C.f., moneyer. 85 BC. Rome mint. Laureate head of Vejovis right; below, thunderbold; behind [MN] FO[NT]EI C F downwards; before, monogram(ROMA?) upwards. Border of dots. / Cupid on goat right; above, pilei; in exergue, thyrsus; around, laurel-wreath. Border of dots. Crawford 353/1a. BMCRR Rome 2476. Sydenham 724. RSC Fonteia 9</p><p><br /></p><p>Please share anything similar you might have. Looking at the standard catalogs and auction records, I know there are a few different varieties and then, within them a handful of subvarieties of different style(i.e. very differently styles of Vejovis) and I&#039;d love to see yours.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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