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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 8050207, member: 75525&quot;]Welcome [USER=130272]@Justin Cohen[/USER] .</p><p>#7 is a Roman Republican denarius of L. Marcius Censorinus produced in 82 BC.</p><p>Laureate head of Apollo r.; behind, palm. Rev. L·CENSOR Marsyas walking l. with r. arm raised and holding wine-skin over l. shoulder; behind, column bearing statue on top; in r. field, I. </p><p>It looks ok to me, but I will not claim to tell real vs fake by your pics. You can find similar coins in the link below. I searched in that web site using only letters I could read on your coin: L.CENSOR</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7015769" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7015769" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7015769</a></p><p>FYI - the story behind the satyr on the reverse is interesting:</p><p>In Greek mythology, the satyr Marsyas is a central figure in two stories involving music: in one, he picked up the double oboe that had been abandoned by Athena and played it; in the other, he challenged Apollo to a contest of music and lost his hide and life. </p><p>My copy of this coin is one of the few I bought in a slab. NGC graded it AU Strike 5/5 Surface 3/5. I grade it U for Ugly.</p><p>[ATTACH]1393990[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1393991[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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