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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 7800650, member: 110350&quot;]Republican Victories tended to be a lot more racy, both literally and figuratively, than Imperial ones, as in these examples -- especially the first one:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, C. Naevius Balbus, AR Serrate Denarius, 79 BCE, Rome Mint. Obv. Head of Venus [or Juno<i>, see BMCRR p. 366</i>] right, wearing diadem, necklace and long earring, hair long,&nbsp; S • C [<i>Senatus Consulto</i>] behind / Rev. Winged Victory, naked to waist, driving triga right, with rightmost horse turning head back towards the others; control-number CLIII <i>(= 153, with L in form of upside-down T</i>); in exergue, C•NAE•BALB [<i>AE and LB ligate</i>]. Crawford 382/1b, RSC I Naevia 6 (ill.), Sydenham 760b, Sear RCV I 309 (ill.), Grueber, BMCRR 2926-2976 (this control-number at BMCRR 2964), RRM I Ch. 6 at pp. 28-31 [Michael Harlan, <i>Roman Republican Moneyers and their Coins</i>, 81 BCE-64 BCE (2012)]. 19 mm., 3.92 g. [Footnote omitted.]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1339530[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, Ti. Claudius Ti.f. Ap.n. Nero [Tiberius Claudius Nero, son of Tiberius and grandson of Appius], AR Serrate Denarius, 78 BCE, Rome Mint. Obv. Draped bust of Diana right with hair in topknot, bow and quiver over shoulder, figure of stag’s head at end of bow (horns to left), S • C [<i>Senatus Consulto</i>] before / Rev. Winged Victory driving galloping biga right, with horses’ heads straining forward, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond and reins in left hand, control number CXXXIIII beneath horses; in exergue, TI•CLAVD•TI•F [VD ligate] / [A]P•N [AP ligate] in two lines. Crawford 383/1, RSC Claudia 5, Sear RCV I 310 (ill.), Sydenham 770, BMCRR 3096-3113 [Control number CXXXIIII not included], Harlan, RRM I Ch. 8, pp. 36-39 [Harlan, Michael, <i>Roman Republican Moneyers and their Coins</i>, 81 BCE-64 BCE (2012)]. 18 mm., 4.01 g., 6 h. [Footnote omitted.]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1339531[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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