ok a few of us have found a denarius , but as anyone found a denarius serratus !, , so if anyone as got one put up a photo on this post will be great to see.
They are called denarius serratus so called because of the notches round the edge of the flan . these are thought to have been placed there to show denarii were pure silver rather than plated . it must have taken quite some time for a mint employee to chisel all those notches around the edge of the denarii ............ a few samples to see.....................
Roman Republic, Lucius Aurelius Cotta, 105 B.C. Vulcan is the divinty of the forge and therefore symbolic of the striking of money." --
Silver denarius serratus, Crawford 314/1b, Sydenham 577, RSC I Aurelia 21, SRCV 191 var (control letters), aVF, Rome mint, weight 3.767g, maximum diameter 20.0mm, die axis 135o, obverse draped bust of Vulcan right, wearing a laureate pileus, tongs and X behind, A• below chin, all within myrtle wreath; reverse eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head left, L COT below, all within a laurel wreath;
Roman Republic, Q. Fufius Calenus and P. Mucius Scaevola (Cordus), 70 B.C.
This type conveys that the reconciliation and alliance achieved at the end of the Social War would be under the special care of the deities Honos and Virtus.
RR81725. Silver denarius serratus, SRCV I 338, Sydenham 797, Crawford 403, RSC I Fufia 1, VF, Rome mint, weight 3.857g, maximum diameter 20.2mm, die axis 135o, obverse conjoined heads of Honos, laureate, and Virtus, helmeted, right, HO on left, VIRT (RT in monogram) on right, KALENI below; reverse Italia, on left, and Roma, on right, clasping hands, Italia holds a cornucopia, Roma holds a spear in her left hand and rests right foot on a globe, caduceus above ITAL (TAL in monogram) on left, RO on right, CORDI in exergue; toned;
