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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2558606, member: 56859"]Thanks, Doug and everyone! Zumbly, I was pretty jealous when you nabbed one before I did <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have to 'fess up that Doug pointed out an error in my second post. He thought I was joking but I was just stupid. J wasn't a control mark because the letter J wasn't part of the the Latin alphabet at the time. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This means I've made a mistake on another coin too, having logged it as having a J control mark. It's a retrograde C (the issue is known for having backwards letters, although not all of the dies had retrograde letters).</p><p><br /></p><p>That coin also fits the thread and I like to show it as often as possible, so here it is <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/jc-cupidbigadenarius-reflection-jpg.458530/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Roman Republic, L. Julius L. f. Caesar</b></p><p><b>103 BC</b></p><p>AR denarius, 17mm, 3.9 gm</p><p>Obv: Helmeted head of Mars left; CAESAR; ・J above</p><p>Rev: Venus Genetrix in chariot left, drawn by two Cupids; lyre to left; dot retrograde C above</p><p>Ref: Crawford 320/1.</p><p><i>Jencek E-auction 26, lot 58, 14 October 2014. Ex CNG XXXI lot 699, September 1994; ex RBW Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_b5fbd0e5495d42e28dcc81a3093e09ae.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2558606, member: 56859"]Thanks, Doug and everyone! Zumbly, I was pretty jealous when you nabbed one before I did :D I have to 'fess up that Doug pointed out an error in my second post. He thought I was joking but I was just stupid. J wasn't a control mark because the letter J wasn't part of the the Latin alphabet at the time. :oops: This means I've made a mistake on another coin too, having logged it as having a J control mark. It's a retrograde C (the issue is known for having backwards letters, although not all of the dies had retrograde letters). That coin also fits the thread and I like to show it as often as possible, so here it is :D [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/jc-cupidbigadenarius-reflection-jpg.458530/[/IMG] [B]Roman Republic, L. Julius L. f. Caesar 103 BC[/B] AR denarius, 17mm, 3.9 gm Obv: Helmeted head of Mars left; CAESAR; ・J above Rev: Venus Genetrix in chariot left, drawn by two Cupids; lyre to left; dot retrograde C above Ref: Crawford 320/1. [I]Jencek E-auction 26, lot 58, 14 October 2014. Ex CNG XXXI lot 699, September 1994; ex RBW Collection[/I] [IMG]https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_b5fbd0e5495d42e28dcc81a3093e09ae.gif[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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