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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cucumbor, post: 2267852, member: 4298&quot;]My alpha would be the same as Carthago&#039;s on romans, and among the all time favourites, the ROMANO/she wolf didrachm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/normal_0010-010np_noir.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b> Republic, Didrachm </b> Rome mint ? c. 269-266 BC</p><p>No legend, Diademed head of young Hercules right, with club and lion&#039;s skin over shoulder</p><p>ROMANO, She wolf right, suckling Romulus and Remus</p><p>7.29 gr</p><p>Ref : RCV # 24, RSC # 8</p><p><br /></p><p>But I couldn&#039;t stand just one alpha...</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;other alpha&quot; is for the Dombes principality series (i wrote about that in the &quot;<i>how to find a focus</i>&quot; thread) and happens to be the key coin at the same time</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HKG3SbYuU2M/TNbjLxgCpUI/AAAAAAAAAUw/6DwmYiXaz5A/s1600/D-011-001aa.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Jean II de Bourbon (1456-1488) - Franc à cheval</b>, or - sans date - Atelier de Trévoux</p><p>+IONES*DVX*BORBONII*TREVOBCII׃ DNS. Buste cuirassé du Prince à gauche, portant le collier de l&#039;ordre de St Michel.</p><p>DEXTER A*D NI.*EXAL TAVIT*MEA Le Prince casqué et cuirassé à cheval, brandissant une épée et passant à droite. La housse est semée de lis, accompagnée de la brisure (les armes de la maison de Bourbon).</p><p>3,44g - 22 mm</p><p>Ref : Divo Dombes # 1 (5 exemplaires décrits), Mantellier -, Poey d’Avant -, Caron # 544, Friedberg # 119</p><p>Collection privée</p><p><br /></p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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