Ian Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Anyone able to provide attribution for this one (?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 always best to post both obverse and reverse...IF you can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 always best to post both obverse and reverse...IF you can ..et voila.. (had difficulty re-sizing it as an attachment under 100k) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 If real it is a Denarius of the Roman Republic minted under Manius Fonteius (107/108 BC) showing the 'Dioscuri', brothers Castor and Pollux ont he obverse and a Galley on the Reverse. ...I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 It's real alright. I found the following : http://nms.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php...0-100-065-575-C which confirms your attribution. However, i also found a site which puts it as 104 bc. There seems to be a number of variants of the coin too, some (like mine) bearing a letter under the prow, another shows three pellets to the right above the prow. I bought this coin for the handsome price of 25.5 euro. It appears that I did quite well, all considered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 It's real alright. I found the following : http://nms.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php...0-100-065-575-C which confirms your attribution. However, i also found a site which puts it as 104 bc. There seems to be a number of variants of the coin too, some (like mine) bearing a letter under the prow, another shows three pellets to the right above the prow. I bought this coin for the handsome price of 25.5 euro. It appears that I did quite well, all considered It would have been a steal at half the price. Nice buy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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