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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 1698332, member: 44132&quot;]I won this Roman Republic Denarius on a CNG auction recently.&nbsp; It&#039;s not in the best of condition, but I wanted to add it to my collection just because the reverse depicts the tools used in making coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>T Carisius AR Denarius</p><p>OBV:&nbsp; Head of Juno Moneta right, slight drapery</p><p>REV:&nbsp; Implements for coining money: anvil die with garlanded punch die above; tongs and hammer on either side; all within wreath</p><p>Struck at Rome, 46 BC</p><p>19mm, 3.49 g</p><p>Crawford 464/2</p><p>[ATTACH]258476.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]258477.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This particular type refers directly to the office of moneyer: the obverse alludes to the location of the mint, which was adjacent to the temple of Juno Moneta, and the reverse depicts the implements used by the mint workers to create the coins. This issue was struck to meet the extreme demands for coinage to pay the veterans of Caesar&#039;s quadruple triumph.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also found this interesting discussion about the obverse of this coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not much on the GEN CARISIA[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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