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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4877340, member: 110350&quot;]I somehow didn&#039;t see this thread on Friday or over the weekend.&nbsp; Any list of my favorite denarii would have to be based entirely on how much I like them, with the price I paid having nothing to with the determination.&nbsp; (In fact, I don&#039;t even remember the price I paid for most of them, and would have to look it up.)&nbsp; I certainly couldn&#039;t ever pick one favorite, but here are ten of my favorite Roman Republican denarii (without full descriptions or legends or citations to references other than Crawford). I could easily have picked at least a half-dozen others that I like just as much.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll also try to pick some favorite Roman Imperial denarii, and post them separately in a little while.</p><p><br /></p><p>C. Fonteius, AR Denarius, 114-113 BCE. Obv. Janiform head of the Dioscuri / Rev. Galley left.&nbsp; Crawford 290/1.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1177982[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Q. Thermus M.f., AR Denarius 103 BCE. Obv. Mars / Rev. Roman soldier on left fighting barbarian soldier on right, while protecting fallen comrade. Crawford 319/1.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1177983[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>L. Pomponius Molo, AR Denarius, 97 BCE. Obv. Apollo / Rev. Numa Pompilius about to sacrifice goat. Crawford 334/1.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1177984[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Mn. Fonteius C.f., AR Denarius, 85 BCE. Obv. Apollo / Rev. Cupid or Infant Genius on Goat. Crawford 353/1c.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1177987[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A. Postumius A.f. Sp.n. Albinus, AR Serrate Denarius, 81 BCE. Obv. Diana / Rev. Roman priest about to sacrifice heifer. Crawford 372/1.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1177988[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>L. Papius, AR Serrate Denarius, 79 BCE. Obv. Juno Sospita / Rev. Gryphon. Crawford 384/1. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1177986[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>P. Satrienus, AR Denarius, 77 BCE. Obv. Mars / Rev. She-wolf.&nbsp; Crawford 388/1b.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1177989[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>L Lucretius Trio, AR Denarius, 76 BCE. Obv. Neptune / Rev. Cupid riding dolphin. Crawford 390/2.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1177990[/ATTACH] </p><p>Publius Fonteius P.f. Capito, AR Denarius 55 BCE. Obv Mars / Rev. Roman soldier on horseback thrusting spear at Gallic warrior below, about to slay unarmed warrior to left. Crawford 429/1.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1177991[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Cn. Plancius, AR Denarius, 55 BCE. Obv. Head of Macedonia / Rev. Cretan goat. Crawford 432/1.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1178000[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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