Wow, I was browsing some of my emails, and found that I had NOT put this coin into my Database. Kinda forgot it, as I had purchased several coins at the same time across a few auctions. This little gem just fell through the cracks. Ex D. Thomas Collection. Anonymous. 234-231 BCE AE 1/2 litra (15.2 mm, 2.24 g, 11 h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right ROMA in exergue, horse rearing left, wearing bridle, bit, and reins. Crawford 26/3; Sydenham 29; BMCRR 70-74 (Half-litra). aVF. Please post any of your PRE-211 Denarius Reform coins of the ROMAN REPUBLIC. NOPE, not AES Grave / Cast coins, rather your ROMAN REPUBLIC STAMPED coins before 211 BCE. Well, ok any COOL Roman Republic before 211 BCE. Or, better yet, any cool Roman Republic coin... Or, just anything cool and relevant Or, just anything Ancient... but I am not going any further than that
Roman Republican litra. 273-270 BC. 18-17 mm. 5.30 grams. Helmeted head of Minerva left Bridled horse's head right ROMANO up left side Crawford 17/1a "shortly before 269 BC" Sear I 592 "273-270 BC" Line-drawing only.
Thank you, VERY nice example. Big fan of these very overlooked coins from early in Rome's coinage history. Here are a couple examples of the "G" design within the Crawford 17/1 x series: RR Anon AE Litra 260 BC Minerva star ROMANO Horse Hd BLACK Craw 17-1g Sear 593 RR Anon AE Litra Minerva ROMANO Horse Head 270-269 BCE S 592 Craw 17-1g
"Found" coins, I have lots of experience. Heck, I bet you 97% of the coins I own I am not very aware of. My favorite (worst) story about this is I was at a coin shop 3 years ago. He had a nice AU Spanish pillar dollar. I thought to myself, "I have always wanted a nice pillar dollar" so I bought it. A couple of months later I was going through the SDB and putting this one away. I found my earlier Mexican coinage, (Mexico City mint), and found FOUR others, all AU-BU. So, evidently in my life, FIVE TIMES I have thought to myself, "hey, I have always wanted a high grade pillar dollar........."
You need to do that again. LOL, I did the same with a Feutchwanger Cent. Just forgot that I had gotten them. Have a couple, one is even in a slab.
OMG, I have Got to start getting caught up with the cataloguing.... (...Er, Minor Detail, these coins are Tres Cool. I like how they start with Carthaginian motifs.)
Rules, rules, @Alegandron RULES!!! Oh, and your coin rules as well. I how my fits this very fun niche in time. He is from a fun all the way back in 260 BCE: Anonymous after 276 BC. Mint in southern Italy Bronze Æ 22 mm., 7.25 g. nearly very fine Ps, Great story @medoraman ! How many of us have been there, smh.
1/4 Litra Anonymous 269 BC - 222 BC Syd 22, Rarity 4 Obv: Hd of Diana r. Rev: Dog walking r. ROMA in ex
I really like these! Yours is great. Here is my Half-Litra: RR Anon AE Half-Litra 234-231 BCE Roma Phrygian Dog S 598 Cr 26-4
LOL, yeah. There must ALWAYS be rules. Yours looks like this one of mine... RR Anon AE Double-Litra 275-270 BC Apollo Lion Sear 590 Craw 16-1a
This one is a similar size to everyone's RR Litrae, except it was made for Rome: This one is CALICO RR Anon AE Quartuncia 217-215 BC Saturn Prow BRN Cr 38-8 S 624
Roman Republic. Anonymous. Circa 215-212 BC. Æ Quadrans (29mm, 22.75g,10h). Post Semi-Libral standard. Rome mint. Obv: Head of Hercules right, wearing lion skin; ••• (mark of value) behind. Rev: Prow of galley right; ••• (mark of value) below. Ref: Crawford 41/8b; Sydenham 106. Ex-Goodman collection, with his ticket, which indicates Ex-Seaby and Ex-Scullard via Wadell '84. Ex ORC.
Great coin! These were circulated for so long. Hard to get AE's in pristine condition. Lotta hands, lotta history in these coins. Congrats. I wish I had this one!
Thanks! I only wish I had more funds (and more knowledge) back when all those Goodman collection coins were being sold off in batches! Those were the days....
15-14 mm. 3.25 grams. Anonymous litra. 234-231 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right bridled horse prancing left. Crawford 26/3, Sear I 595. ex @Terence Cheesman
