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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancientcoinguru, post: 2458216, member: 75563&quot;][USER=45502]@TJC[/USER] welcome to Coin Talk Ancients!&nbsp; [USER=75525]@rrdenarius[/USER] gave you some references for your coin.&nbsp; Here&#039;s an additional reference:&nbsp; Haeberlin pp. 62-63.&nbsp; </p><p>Haeberlin wrote <i>Aes Grave, Das Schwergeld Roms und Mittelitaliens einschließlich der ihm vorausgehenden Rohbronzewährung </i>in 1910.&nbsp; He listed 130 specimens of this coin, which means there were 130 sextans available when he wrote his book; it is not rare.&nbsp; You should be able to find lots of online examples to compare your coin against, if you have questions of authenticity.</p><p><br /></p><p>The weight range for this coin is 62.50-34.30grams.&nbsp; You asked if it was worth sending to David Sear for authentication. I would not bother (just my opinion), since you have a fine example of this sextans, and at 40.29grams, it falls into the correct weight range.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Crawford (1974) gave the date as 265-242BC, but I believe that most scholars now agree with Vecchi (2013) who gives 230 BC as the date.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure your camera captured the correct color of the coin (or maybe it is my PC).&nbsp; Bronze coins oxide and turn green over time, so green is <i>usually</i> the prevailing color (see [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER]&#039;s photo, he is one of our best photographers)&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Again, welcome![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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