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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4395974, member: 110350&quot;]I think my highest-graded Republican coin -- if I submitted one to a grader for slabbing, which I never, ever would! -- might be one of these four:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, Q. Thermus M.f., AR Denarius 103 BCE. Obv. Head of Mars left with crested, plumed helmet/ Rev. Roman soldier advancing right, fighting with uplifted sword a barbarian soldier before him, while protecting with shield a fallen comrade at his feet, Q THERM.MF. in exergue (THE and MF in monograms). RSC I Minucia [Q. Minucius Rufus] 19 (ill.), Crawford 319/1, Sear RCV I 198 (ill.), Sydenham 592.19.4 mm., 3.97 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>(I think the armor and shields on the reverse, and Mars&#039;s face and helmet on the obverse, are all clearer on this coin than on most examples I&#039;ve seen of the type.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105511[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, L. Papius, AR Serrate Denarius, 79 BCE. Obv. Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin; control-symbol of lyre behind/ Rev. Gryphon prancing right, control-symbol of lyre-key below, L. PAPI in exergue. Crawford 384/1 (see also Crawford Vol. II Plate LXVII, control-symbol 127 &amp; p. 788), RSC I Papia 1, Sear RCV I 311 (ill.).&nbsp; 19 mm., 3.79 g., 9 h.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105512[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, P. Satrienus, AR Denarius, 77 BCE. Obv. Helmeted head of Mars right, control-numeral [[upside-down T]XXXVIIII = 89] behind/ Rev. She-wolf standing left with right front paw raised, ROMA above, P. SATRIE-NVS in two lines below. RSC I Satriena 1, Crawford 388/1b, Sear RCV I 319 (ill.). 18 mm., 3.87 g., 3 hr.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105514[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, Cn. Plancius, AR Denarius, 55 BCE, Rome mint. Obv. Female head (Diana Planciana [acc. to RSC] or Macedonia [acc. to RCV &amp; Crawford]) right, wearing causia, CN. PLANCIVS before, AED. CVR. S. C. behind/ Rev. Cretan goat standing right, bow and quiver to left. RSC I Plancia 1, Crawford 432/1, Sydenham 933, Sear RCV I 396 (ill.). 18 mm, 3.82 gm, 5h.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105513[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps the last one; I don&#039;t know.&nbsp; It&#039;s difficult for me to choose! So see also this photo of my entire (small) collection of 18 Republican coins in their tray -- including my own Roscius Fabatus denarius, which I like very much but has an incomplete legend, so it wouldn&#039;t be graded that highly -- which I posted yesterday in the &quot;Republican Animal Reverses&quot; thread, at <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/detail-roman-republic-coins-in-tray-1-2-without-greek-coins-jpg.1105063/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/detail-roman-republic-coins-in-tray-1-2-without-greek-coins-jpg.1105063/">https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/detail-roman-republic-coins-in-tray-1-2-without-greek-coins-jpg.1105063/</a> .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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