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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2457924, member: 75525&quot;]Great coin. I am a fan of big cast bronze. I like your side on pics.</p><p>This was #2 on my top 10 of 2015:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]514737[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]514738[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, mint Rome, 230 BC</p><p>cast Aes Grave Sextans, anonymous moneyer</p><p>This coin was issued on the Libral standard, or near a full Roman Pound for an As, 44 grams, 33 mm; Note: 6 X 44 = 264</p><p>Obv - Tortoise on raised disk.</p><p>Rev - Wheel of six spokes on raised disk.</p><p>Crawford 24/7;</p><p>Thurlow &amp; Vecchi 35a; Vecchi 71</p><p>HN Italy 330.</p><p>BMC Italy 54, 14</p><p>Sydenham 63 E.J.</p><p><br /></p><p>This aes grave sextans was issued midway between the First and Second Punic Wars, when the Romans were strengthening their ‘imperial’ Republic and were pursuing their ambitions in Greece.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this coin from Italy and it took 5 months for paperwork and shipping. I think it was worth the wait![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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