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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1296879, member: 19463&quot;]I finally finished the photos from the show Friday.&nbsp; I know many of you might prefer one very nice coin or 100 uncleaned for the same money but I felt good adding three low to middle grade denarii.&nbsp; One you all should know from Chris&#039; recent post but mine is not as nice.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]145363.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>C. Postumius. 73 BC. AR Denarius (3.94 g, 5h). Draped bust of Diana right, with bow and quiver over shoulder / Hound advancing right; spear below. Crawford 394/1a;&nbsp; Postumia 9. F+, a bit porous and banker&#039;s mark on cheek. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]145364.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>L. Cassius Caecianus. 102 BC AR Denarius (3.76g, 3h) Head of Ceres left control mark dotted A / 2 oxen control dotted X Crawford 321/1; Cassia 4; VG banker&#039;s marks - worn but sound metal.&nbsp; I have seen this less often than some but do wish the reverse had a bit less wear on the ox heads.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]145365.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>C. Calpurnius Piso. 90 BC AR Denarius (3.91g, 3h) Head of Apollo right control mark double axe, N under chin / Horseman running right with palm, spear above, dot A below; Calpurnia 11; aF uneven tone </p><p><br /></p><p>The last is one of the most common Republican denarii.&nbsp; I already had three with different marks but a complete set of these would be too heavy to list all at once.&nbsp; It was appropriately cheap (less than half the others).&nbsp; I sometimes give in to buying things my collection really didn&#039;t need.&nbsp; I think the axe was what made it appealing.&nbsp; My other one has a Roman numeral there so this really is not a duplicate and I guess I needed it after all.&nbsp; The page:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/acmfrugi.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/acmfrugi.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/acmfrugi.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The other things from the show are late Roman bronzes but they will wait for another day.&nbsp; It is late here.&nbsp; I ended up shooting a couple coins three times before I accepted the results.&nbsp; It is hard when the goal is to make a poor coin look like a $300 one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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