The seller just contacted me and believes he has correctly attributed the coin and states: "Anonymous 36i points to a description in 'David Sears...
Well, it does appear to be 'MAT' to the 'naked eye' and it seems the retail value is about $50.00 less than what I negotiated with the seller for...
I just realized that red_spork's corrected attribution placing it as struck at Rome and dated 179-170 BC places it later than the Hannibalic War...
Thanks, guys!!! I hope to get an example (bronze?) from Carthage next---but that will have to wait until sometime in LATE December!!!:( WOW,...
The precise silver content is unknown to me, even with research and 'googling'---but it had the 'value' of about 3/4 of a similarly sized...
When I noticed this 'obscure' Roman Republic denomination, I couldn't resist bargaining a 'best offer' deal with the seller---especially since I...
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