Roman Republic, M. Porcius Laeca, Silver Denarius, 125 BC, VF Gold - Sovereign ancestral spirits wandered the earth

ancestral spirits wandered the earth in both animal and human forms

the Christmas Beetle is a distinctive Australian characteristic of the Christmas season

The Perth Mint's ‘P’ mintmark also appears on the coin’s reverse

Found mostly in open grasslands throughout Australia’s dry centre

the XVIII Commonwealth Games

Roman Republic, M. Porcius Laeca, Silver Denarius, 125 BC, VF Gold - Sovereign ancestral spirits wandered the earthROMAN REPUBLIC, T. Quinctius T. f. Flaminius, as Triumvir Monetalis (moneyer), Silver Denarius (3. 88g, 18mm), Rome mint 126 BC. Obv. Head of Roma right, wearing winged Attic helmet, "X " monogram (mark of value) to lower right, flamen's cap to left. Rev. The Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, on horseback right, both armed with spear pointed forward and surmounted by star, Macedonian shield flanked by "T Q" below, "ROMA" in exergue. Crawford 267 1;