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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 8459344, member: 75525&quot;]Great coin RS! I like over-strikes.</p><p>My favorite is a small coin, 2.5 grams with an odd Janus head.</p><p>[ATTACH]1499007[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1499008[/ATTACH] </p><p>I picked up one recently and have not been able to ID the under-type on a coin that is 17 grams. My guess it is a Sicilian bronze (corn ear) 200 BC or before. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1499012[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1499013[/ATTACH] </p><p>My pics on left.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1499014[/ATTACH] </p><p>Vendor&#039;s pics.</p><p><br /></p><p>Corn-ear series. AE Quadrans, 214-212 BC, Sicily.</p><p>Obv. Head of Hercules right, wearing boar&#039;s skin; behind, three pellets.</p><p>Rev. Bull charging right; corn-ear and three pellets above; snake below; in exergue, [ROMA].</p><p>17.17 g. 28.00 mm</p><p>R. Rare.</p><p>VF, brown patina, traces of overstriking and some weakness.</p><p>Cr. 42/2=72/7[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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