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Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 08/28/2023 8:54 pm This was kicking around in a general coin shop, completely unattributed. About 19 by 17.5 mm, with the weight coming in at 3.85 grams, I'm confident that it's a denarius of Lucius Marcius Phillppus from around 113 BC. Philippus later became quite prominent in the politics of the Roman Republic. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luciu...onsul_91_BC) There's an especially high grade example of this coin pictured there as well. Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff

Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 08/28/2023 9:35 pm Excellent (even though the diademed royal Macedonian helmet with goat horn is soooo overdone on ancient coins.) Report this Post to the Staff
Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 09/06/2023 4:41 pm I've been doing a bit more research on this issue. My impression is that it's fairly common, and I've seen many online in a better state of preservation than mine. The "ROMA" monogram on the obverse seems to me not unlike modern corporate logos. Also, what looks like a star at the bottom of the reverse apparently would've been recognized as a stylized "XVI" denoting the 16 asses that a denarius was then worth. Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff
jecz79 Pillar of the Community Portugal 655 Posts	Posted 09/06/2023 8:54 pm Roman republic denarius are very abundant in the whole. Rome had pillaged the whole western mediterranean and turned the silver to coin. It is a nice coin,do not be sad if it seems common. Many types are scarce of themselves and still cheap. There are so many types and only the few famous ones, the ones about famous events and personages, are priced high. See it on the bright side. Yours is a cheap coin, the italian or greek or other state will not try to take it from you claiming it was stolen. They only care about provenance of expensive coins. History be damned, what they want is the current value. Report this Post to the Staff
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