Roman Republic bronze

I bet that's it VK, there isn't enough room on the flan or another janus face like I suggested before....I don't think.

 

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I guess the thing now is determining whats above the prow. I've looked at it many times and at different angles but haven't been able to spot a star or any other letter/symbol.

 

Because of the several reductions of weight, you can find various different weights for various denominations. Here are my 40.0g as and my 14.17g uncia (one dot=1/12 as). Both are struck coins but not too long after the cast aes grave.

 

The obverse of that second piece is "interesting".

 

There's beardless versions of this type? Seems like this just got more complicated, because I can't tell in hand if it has a beard or not

 

As Doug points out, Andrew McCabe is one of the leading authorities on Republic coins. Here's his website, which offers copious information for attribution...

http://andrewmccabe.ancients.info/

My one and only Republic bronze, a semis with Saturn on the obverse...