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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2297941, member: 44316&quot;]red_spork tells a great story. Every coin has a story and I really appreciate it when members research their coins and tell us the story. </p><p>&nbsp; Apparently his brother, C. Minucius Augurinus, minted a coin with that column, but different details, the previous year, 135 BC.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]461419[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]461420[/ATTACH] </p><p>This type is discussed in the article linked to by red_spork. Note the &quot;bells&quot; hanging from the column and the protomes of lions at the base.</p><p>The &quot;C . A VG&quot; is for &quot;C. Augurinus&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>18 mm. 3.77 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>References:&nbsp; Crawford 242/1. Sear 119. </p><p>See also <a href="http://sites.temple.edu/janederoseevans/files/2013/10/Evans-INC-2009.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://sites.temple.edu/janederoseevans/files/2013/10/Evans-INC-2009.pdf" rel="nofollow">the recent paper he linked to</a> (which is not illustrated--read it while using these images as the illustrations).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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