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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     61-143 Type:     Roman Republican Issuer:     Symbols Metal:     Bronze Denomination:     Semis Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     BC 214-212 Weight:     26.68 g Obverse Legend:     S Obverse Description:     Laureate head of Saturn r.; behind, S Reverse Legend:     ROMA /S Reverse Description:     Prow r.; above, wheatear and below, S. Mint:     Sicily Primary Reference:     Crawford 72/5 Reference2:     Sydenham 195a Reference3:     Historia Numorum Italy - Photograph Credit:     Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG Source:     http://www.arsclassicacoins.com/ Date Sold:     10/5/2011 Grade:     gVF Notes:     NAC Sale 61, Lot 143. Very rare. Dark green patina gently smoothed on obverse and traces of over-striking, otherwise good very fine Ex Credit Suisse Bern fixed price list 52, January 1988, 419. We disagree with Crawford’s arrangement of the corn-ear bronze issues, Cr. 42 and 72. We believe the whole of the third group of series 72 should instead be assigned to series 42, as has been done in this catalogue. Crawford assigns coins, which are in our opinion impossible to distinguish, to both series 42 and 72. In particular, the sextantes have weights ranging gradually from 4.90 to 16.95 grams. In our opinion, the lack of a distinct gap in the weight distribution makes it impossible to draw a distinction between a heavy and a light series. It is worth noting that all the coins in this series were re-struck casually, using whatever flans happened to be available in the mint. Unfortunately most of the overstrikes cannot be identified. (RBW Collection)

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