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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2767918, member: 10461&quot;]Biga of cupids?&nbsp; Wow!</p><p><br /></p><p>Rather <i>plump</i> cupids, at that.&nbsp; They&#039;ll be losing some weight in no time, with all that exercise.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Mars head reminds me of the one on the Q. Minucius Thermus denarii, which are one of my favorite Roman Republican types.</p><p><br /></p><p>(I sold the nicely toned but not especially high grade one I had years ago, so am borrowing a representative pic from <a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s0197.t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s0197.t.html" rel="nofollow">Wildwinds</a>.)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/rsc/minucia/minucia19.24.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I must say, the cupid-biga on the OP coin is easily as interesting as the combat scene on the Q. Minucius Thermus.&nbsp; And of course the name on the OP coin is yet another &quot;wow&quot; factor.&nbsp; Congratulations!</p><p><br /></p><p>PS- I will add that the bankers&#039; marks bother me not one bit, either.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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