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Geto-Dacian(?) Hybrid Imitation of Republican AR Denarius. Imitating the types of Q. Pomponius Musa(?) and C. Mamilius Limetanus, circa 60-40 BC. Laureate head of Apollo(?) to right; C behind / Ulysses standing to right, holding staff and extending hand; [C•]MAMIL downwards behind. BM 2002,0102.5133 (same obv. die, C. Poblicius Q. f. rev. type); for possible obv. prototype, cf. Crawford 410; for rev. prototype, cf. Crawford 362/1 (Mercury on obv.); cf. Davis, 'Dacian and Celtic Imitations of Republican Denarii' in The Celator Vol. 18, No. 4 (April, 2004), pp. 6-15, Class A Group III (Geto-Dacian Hybrids) and Class D Group Ia (Anomalous). 2.96g, 18mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of Z.P., Austria.
This example is obverse die-linked to a specimen in the British Museum with a reverse which imitates that of a C. Poblicius Q. f. denarius. The BM specimen is reverse die-linked to one published by Davis in the Celator (see references, fig. 20), with a left facing head of Roma on the obverse. This mismatch of obverse and reverse dies is typical of the hybrid series Davies attributes to the Geto-Dacians (Class A Group III) however the specimen die linked to the coin in the BM is classified as anomalous.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of Z.P., Austria.
This example is obverse die-linked to a specimen in the British Museum with a reverse which imitates that of a C. Poblicius Q. f. denarius. The BM specimen is reverse die-linked to one published by Davis in the Celator (see references, fig. 20), with a left facing head of Roma on the obverse. This mismatch of obverse and reverse dies is typical of the hybrid series Davies attributes to the Geto-Dacians (Class A Group III) however the specimen die linked to the coin in the BM is classified as anomalous.