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Figure 1. ANS 1969.83.35. Didrachm, RRC 22/1 (265-242 BCE). 6.54g. Gift of E.R. Miles. Control marks: Club/ΘΘ.
Another batch of Roman republican coin types has just been released to the Roman Republican Die Project (RRDP). The new release significantly expands the time period of issues that have been processed, since it includes early republican didrachms (Fig. 1), as well as late republican aurei of Octavian and Antony (Fig. 2). The new release includes the following RRC types:
13/1521/1 13/2525/120/1526/1 22/1 526/325/1527/1 25/2528/126/1529/127/1533/3106/4534/1106/5540/1 106/6541/1 106/7541/2106/8544/1 106/9544/2106/10544/3 313/1a544/4313/1b544/5366/1544/6
Figure 2. BnF REP-21435. Aureus, RRC 529/1 (39 BCE). 8g. Source gallica.bnf.fr / BnF.
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