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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 3765121, member: 75525&quot;]Anchor and Trident Cast Sextans; ICC 297, 280 to 260 BC, Central Italy</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1007992[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1007993[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1007996[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1007997[/ATTACH] </p><p>Cast AE Sextans, uncertain Central Italy, c. 280-260 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv - Anchor; two pellets (mark of value) across the field.</p><p>Rev - Trident; two pellets (mark of value) across the field.</p><p><br /></p><p>Catalogers who describe this coin say they can not place it in another series of cast coins or guess where they were produced.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is not in Crawford, Grueber, Sear, Babalyon or several other books. I did not find it in the British Museum on line, but do not feel good about my searches. It is in Sydenham’s Aes Grave book, but not his larger book on RR coins. I found a dozen examples in web searches. Size and weight data from my searches and Haberline are given on my blog - </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="https://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">rrdenarius.blogspot.com</a></p><p><br /></p><p>My coin:</p><p>·&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 41.76 grams</p><p>·&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 35.9 X 40.3 X 7.3 mm; this coin is a bit thinner and wider than other cast Sextans I have</p><p>·&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; RR. Very rare.</p><p>·&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Green patina, blackish spots.</p><p>·&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; About VF.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: HN Italy 377</p><p><br /></p><p>Garrucci gives the weight of one coin listed in his book - </p><p>Pesa un&#039; oncia e 22 denari (It weighs an ounce and 22 denier)</p><p><br /></p><p>Can anyone here convert the 1885 weight of 1 ounce and 22 deniers into grams? </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1007998[/ATTACH] </p><p>This picture is from a reprint of L&#039;Aes Grave Del Museo Kircheroiano, 1839. Note the ornate details on the trident drawing are not on my coin. I suppose that could be troubling. Maybe my coin&#039;s cleaner did not have this pic to copy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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