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Pocket Change is the official blog of the American Numismatic Society.
There is a new Roman Republican Die Project (RRDP) release out now (June 6, 2023) that includes the following control-marked RRC types:
342/4
342/5
364/1b
405/1
405/2
RRC 342 was issued by C. Vibius Pansa in 90 BCE. Crawford divided Pansa’s issue into six denarius types: 342/1, 342/2, 342/3, 342/4, 342/5, and 342/6. With this release, all of Pansa’s denarius types are now processed in RRDP. RRC 342/3, 342/4, and 342/5 all feature an obverse with a laureate head of Apollo, right, with a control mark below the chin.
Figure 1. Specimen of RRC 342/5b. ANS 1986.161.49. 3.85g. Control mark: thunderbolt (Sharpless RRC 342/5 Obverse 1203).
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