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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2354027, member: 74282&quot;]Today I&#039;m sharing an extremely scarce &quot;C•SAX&quot; sextans struck during the 15-20 year period of bronze-only currency that began circa 169 B.C. Because hoards of bronzes are virtually nonexistent and there is no silver to link them with, precise dating of these issues is nearly impossible and this type is lumped in with many others as &quot;169-158 B.C.&quot;. Unfortunately not much is known about the moneyer: he is thought to have possibly been a son of the Cluvius Saxula elected praetor in 173 B.C. and a likely-related Saxula struck a series of coins with just &quot;SAX&quot; above the prow during this same bronze-only period but the moneyer is otherwise unknown.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]479462[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></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•S[AX] above, •• before, ROMA below. Crawford 173/5; Sydenham 360d; Babelon Clovia 10</p><p>Ex. RBW Collection, Ex. Wayne Phillips list 194, 280, May 1995</p><p><br /></p><p>Please share anything similar you may have![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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