http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/ Roman Republican Coins Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:44:37 GMT fischer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1247 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1247 Hello, many thanks for your opinion, and I hope your study become reality Manfred Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:16:40 GMT T.V. Buttrey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1246 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1246 If anyone is collecting Roman Republican denarii engravers' errors, have a look at www.numismaticaherrero.com -- Herrero's Madrid auction, 10 December 2009, Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:10:28 GMT Ross Glanfield http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1245 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1245 Mmm - sounds like my kind of coin - maybe I can get it cheap on Triton. Ross G. ... From: ahala@... To: RROME@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, November 20, Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:51:08 GMT ahala@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1244 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1244 Ross Problem as in: badly offstruck, ugly, lettering mashed up, off-flan, invisible and illegible, worn dies of poor style. i.e. it looks terrible, and as Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:28:37 GMT glebe_au http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1243 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1243 Sorry, I'm lost here - are we talking about the Ahenobarbus coin? Is there a problem with it, and if so what? Ross G. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:04:54 GMT Richard Schaefer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1242 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1242 Usually the reason a problem coin is in a high quality auction is to please an important consignor. A consignor who helps a dealer for years will usually be Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:18:19 GMT Greg Stevens http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1241 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1241 Hi, Well, I have to say I prefer your Domitius denarius; its a very nice coin, just wish I could pick one up for £20! Greg [RROME] Triton 13 Wed, 18 November, Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:09:58 GMT snamc9 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1240 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1240 One interesting group lot: http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=154816 A significant admission: "The coin can now only be considered rare" although perhaps Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:54:11 GMT snamc9 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1239 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1239 On looking closely at the Ahenobarbus I don't even think the claimed AHEHOBAR legend is correct. There are traces of the usual diagonal crossbar on the N, thus Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:43:11 GMT snamc9 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1238 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1238 The first of the January sales (I joke!) is online. A rather dissapointing selection of RR, just 56 coins, few of interest. The EID MAR in Fine condition is of Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:45:57 GMT ahala@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1237 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1237 Clive - Click on "visit your group" in the email and you will go to the Yahoo RROME homepage. Then click on "Photos" on the left of the page, and then on Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:24:48 GMT ahala@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1236 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1236 Ross This (and the subsequent) post raise many issues that a brief RROME post can hardly deal with. To start with, the issue is quite fully explored in Rudi Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:39:46 GMT glebe_au http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1235 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1235 Perhaps someone can help me with a problem that I have been mulling over for some time. Some time around 300 B.C. the Romans introduced what seems to be their Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:39:46 GMT glebe_au http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1234 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1234 I also find Roman Republican bronzes much more interesting than all those endless denarii (which all look the same to me). But I have a couple of fundamental Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:38:58 GMT Clive Stannard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1233 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RROME/message/1233 Manfred, Your little as is, in my opinion, definitely from the 2nd Punic war time. I used to wonder of they could be later, but am convinced they are not.