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tell halaf culture, about 5000 bc. albert

sorry, I made a mistake, I don't know when or how. Here some photos of my oldest object; albert

beautiful. I am collecting antiquities for more than 50 years, in the good times everything was 'cheap', because now... I've quickly some îctures of the greatest part of my collection and I show also my oldest piece from the Halaf culture ( 6000-5100 BC). It is typical for this culture with little images with black lines; As fertility goddess, also freqent in this times long ago. albert

very interesting information. Here are my 5 warriors. The first I bought and of the sixties (nr 4), the last a few months ago (nr 5). albert 

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very nice as, the moneyer is perhaps a son of the moneyer of my coins, albert

The first denarius is Crawford 199/1a. This is the coin, known by Crawford. Interesting is here the inscription on the reverse : SAR under the two horses, the S beginning next the leg.

The second denarius is the same reference number, but the reverse is different : the inscription SAR is more at right and before there is a C partially erased. The moneyer is perhaps Sextus Atilius Saranus (Serranus), consul in BC 136.

Probably a mistake of a careful engraver who was used to engrave C.SCR, as the third denarius, Crawford 201/1. The moneyer here is C. Scribonius.

From this second denarius are only 5 examples known, four cited in the work of Pierlugi Debernardi, 'Varianti di conio utili per la catalogazione dei denari repubblicani' and all four from the same die, this coin = d item.

This variant is unknown to Crawford, because not in museum collections of hoards. He dates the Atilius  coin in BC 155 and the Scribonius coin a year later, in BC 154. Maybe we have to change the date of the two coins. albert

ps : I had problems with the images, is there a manual ?

Thank you, Paul, albert

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just joined a few hours ago. My interests  are Roman Republican and Greek coins of Italy and Sicily. I hope to see nice coins and read interesting writes up and, maybe, I can show some interesting coins, when I am at home in Antwerp-Belgium. albert

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I think I have made en error. There are two choices to make  and I choose : choose files... so... I hope next time better, albert

just joined a few hours ago. My interests  are Roman Republican and Greek coins of Italy and Sicily. I hope to see nice coins and read interesting writes up and, maybe, I can show some interesting coins, when I am at home in Antwerp-Belgium. albert

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