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<p>[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 3192428, member: 74282"]Nice writeup and coin. I have a few Republican asses and quite a few Republican prow bronzes but here are a couple interesting ones that pertain to this post.</p><p><br /></p><p>An as of "SAFRA"(Perhaps a Spurius Afranius, or perhaps the moneyer's cognomen was "Safra"?):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]824475[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic Æ as(30 mm, 27.09g). SAFRA(Spurius Afranius?), moneyer, 150 B.C. Rome mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus, I above / Prow right; above, SAFRA; before, dolphin; below, ROMA. Crawford 206/2; Sydenham 389; Babelon Afrania 2; Russo RBW 886(this coin)</p><p><br /></p><p>A rare sextans of C SAX, the same moneyer as your as:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]824478[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic Æ Sextans(17.9 mm, 5.80g). C. Cluvius Saxula, moneyer, 169-158 BC. Rome mint. Head of Mercury right wearing winged Petasos, •• above / Prow of galley right; C•SAX above, •• before, ROMA below. Crawford 173/5; Sydenham 360d; Babelon Clovia 10[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 3192428, member: 74282"]Nice writeup and coin. I have a few Republican asses and quite a few Republican prow bronzes but here are a couple interesting ones that pertain to this post. An as of "SAFRA"(Perhaps a Spurius Afranius, or perhaps the moneyer's cognomen was "Safra"?): [ATTACH=full]824475[/ATTACH] Roman Republic Æ as(30 mm, 27.09g). SAFRA(Spurius Afranius?), moneyer, 150 B.C. Rome mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus, I above / Prow right; above, SAFRA; before, dolphin; below, ROMA. Crawford 206/2; Sydenham 389; Babelon Afrania 2; Russo RBW 886(this coin) A rare sextans of C SAX, the same moneyer as your as: [ATTACH=full]824478[/ATTACH] Roman Republic Æ Sextans(17.9 mm, 5.80g). C. Cluvius Saxula, moneyer, 169-158 BC. Rome mint. Head of Mercury right wearing winged Petasos, •• above / Prow of galley right; C•SAX above, •• before, ROMA below. Crawford 173/5; Sydenham 360d; Babelon Clovia 10[/QUOTE]
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