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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2247524, member: 56859&quot;]That&#039;s a very nice triens-- in much better condition that most I&#039;ve seen in recent auctions.&nbsp; Congrats <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a Roman victoriatus from the time of the Second Punic War:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_e5e22163f255477ab8a9b80a1cb1ca99.jpg_srb_p_800_400_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Roman Republic, anonymous AR victoriatus</b></p><p>211-208 BCE, Sicily mint?</p><p>15 mm, 3.2 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; laureate head of Jupiter right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Victory standing right, erecting (crowning?) trophy; ROMA in exergue</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Crawford 67/1, BMC 137?</p><p><br /></p><p>...and a coin from their enemy, struck shortly after the end of the Second Punic War:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_6d55f90db02845a1b703055c500baeee.jpg_srb_p_850_419_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>ZEUGITANA, Carthage</b></p><p>early 2nd century BCE</p><p>AE 15-shekels, 45 mm, 95 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; wreathed head of Tanit left</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; horse standing right, left foreleg up; solar disk with uraei above</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Alexandropoulos J (2000) Les monnaies de l&#039;Afrique Antique, 103;</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Müller L (1861) Numismatique de L&#039;Ancienne Afrique, 131;</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Luynes 3782;</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Jenkins GK and Lewis RB (1963) Carthaginian Gold and Electrum Coins. Royal&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Numismatic Society, London, pl. 28 12</p><p>Graded Fine by NGC Ancients (strike 5/5, surfaces 2/5)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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