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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fugio1, post: 8209476, member: 89970&quot;]I recently received an auction winning in the mail.&nbsp; An early Roman quinarius, Crawford 44/6, in very nice condition, and characteristic style <a href="http://stevebrinkman.ancients.info/anonymous/index.html#44-5-IX-10-G1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://stevebrinkman.ancients.info/anonymous/index.html#44-5-IX-10-G1" rel="nofollow">represented by Crawford&#039;s plate IX.11</a>.&nbsp; My wife tries to seem interested whenever I receive a new coin and she always asks to see them when they arrive.&nbsp; I showed her my new prize and although the new coin great eye appeal in-hand, her reaction was an enthusiastic “meh”.&nbsp; She has claimed that most of the coins in my collection kind of look the same.&nbsp; I guess they do.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1439830[/ATTACH] </p><p>So I then presented to her, the related coins in a small sub-collection of these early Roman coins together in a tray which coincidentally filled each space neatly.&nbsp; I was able to describe the small sub collection in a way that was much more interesting, explaining the different comparative style patterns, denominational dimensions, and other relationships, and while I had her ear, some history about the origin of the denarius during the Hannibalic war.&nbsp; This actually elicited questions from my wife, who finally said “They ARE different.”&nbsp; I was gratified.</p><p><b>Crawford 44, Variety match of the denarius, quinarius, and sestertius. </b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1439834[/ATTACH] </p><p>Reverse:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1439836[/ATTACH]</p><p>Column 1 Group 1 – Crawford plate IX.10-12, Small head with 2-line visor</p><p>Column 2 Group 1 var. Similar style, but Wide head and 3-line visor. </p><p>Column 3 Group 3 – Crawford plate IX.16-19 Unbound hair “loose locks”</p><p>Column 4 Group 2 – Crawford plate IX.13-15 Very long curved visor, reverse horse tail hanging down</p><p>Column 5 Group 2 var. – Similar.&nbsp; This style often found with dot below truncation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Die links are known between groups 1 and 3, so probably the same mint with different engravers.&nbsp; Die studies found no cross variety die links&nbsp; for either group 2 or 2var. so probably different mint and/or location.</p><p><br /></p><p>Share your small sub collections, complete or in the works.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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