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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2504289, member: 56859&quot;]This is Mr. x6&#039;s secretary.&nbsp; He is in a meeting with Mr. Molson and asked me to provide the following information.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both are coins from the Roman Republic.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1st coin:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Denarius from moneyer Cn. Gellius, 138 BCE.&nbsp; Example <a href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=308906" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=308906" rel="nofollow">from CNG&#039;s archives</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/3720358.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>372, Lot: 358.</b> Estimate $100.</p><p>Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Cn. Gellius. </b>138 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.77 g, 11h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) to left; all within laurel wreath / Mars driving galloping quadriga right, grasping Nerio beside him and holding shield. Crawford 232/1; Sydenham 434; Gellia 1. VF, toned, minor deposits.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>2nd coin: </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Serrate denarius from moneyer Tiberius Claudius Nero, 79 BCE.&nbsp; It is #383 in Crawford&#039;s reference.&nbsp; A similar coin <a href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=315676" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=315676" rel="nofollow">from CNG&#039;s archives</a> is shown below.&nbsp; Note that for this type there are a large number of different control marks above the exergual line.&nbsp; Per Crawford:&nbsp; &quot;The control-marks on the reverse are the numerals from I to CLXVIIII, and then the letter A&nbsp; with the numerals from I to CXXVIIII; each control mark has only one die.&quot;&nbsp; There are 182 known reverse dies.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/3780435.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>378, Lot: 435.</b> Estimate $100.</p><p>Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Ti. Claudius Ti.f. Ap.n. Nero. </b>79 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (20mm, 3.90 g, 3h). Rome mint. Diademed and draped bust of Diana right; quiver and bow terminating in stag’s head over shoulder / Victory driving galloping biga right, holding wreath, reins, and palm frond; A • CXIII(?) below. Crawford 383/1; Sydenham 770a; Claudia 6. VF, lightly toned, a few light scratches.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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