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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2958907, member: 75525&quot;]My interest in ancient anchors is related to my cast bronze collection. I purchased an uncia from Hatria with an anchor on one side and HAT on the other.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]723960[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]723961[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Aes Grave Uncia, Hatria, 280 BC (275 – 225 BC)</p><p>Obv – Anchor, some coins have an H to the right of the anchor</p><p>Rev – HAT surrounding a mark of value, one dot. Some coins have TAH on reverse.</p><p>I found 17 examples on line. See statistics below.</p><p>Wt = 31 grams; avg wt = 31 g; Min wt = 20.4; Max wt = 50.4; StDev = 6.8</p><p>Diameter = 31.5 max and 30.2 min &amp; 7.3 mm thick; avg = 31 mm; Min = 29; Max = 34; StDev = 1.8</p><p>Die axis = 12; of the 13 coins I found on line 13 had a die axis of 12 and one had an axis of 6. This is consistent with other aes grave coins I have.</p><p>TV – 186</p><p>V – 242</p><p>HNI – 16</p><p>Syd AG – 191</p><p>Haberline plate 16, # 13 - 16</p><p><br /></p><p>I normally do a bit of research before buying a coin and a bit more after the fact. Die rotation is one of the attributes I track. Most cast bronze from Italy have a die rotation of 0o (or 12 o’clock), the second most common rotation is 180 o (or 6 o’clock), and all other positions are less common. I could not tell die rotation for this coin without knowing how the anchor (anker in German) should be viewed.</p><p>It looks to me that the direction an anchor points on an ancient coin changes. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am not an expert on ancient anchors, but have handled many Widow’s Mites. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]723962[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of these coins are shown with an “inverted” anchor, or the coin is minted with the point to the top of the coin. Note – inverted is David Hendin’s description of the anchor.</p><p><br /></p><p>By 210 BC, bronze coins were struck. The following As has an anchor on the reverse.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]723963[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic, AE, struck As, anonymous, 209 – 208 BC</p><p>Obv – head of Janus, above mark of value – I</p><p>Rev – Prow R, above mark of value – I, before anchor, in ex – ROMA with archaic A (v pointing down)</p><p>Cr 50/3</p><p>Syd – 145</p><p>34.99 g,</p><p><br /></p><p>About the same time, the Romans put an anchor on the reverse of the denarius. In this case the anchor is sideways, but has a connecting circle at both ends.</p><p>[ATTACH]723964[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]723965[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republican Denarius circa 209-208 BC, Rome</p><p>Obv - Helmeted head of Roma r.; behind, X.</p><p>Rev - The Dioscuri galloping r.; below, anchor. In exergue, ROMA in partial tablet.</p><p>3.72 grams</p><p>Crawford 50/2.</p><p>Sydenham 144.</p><p>Russo RBW 186.</p><p>Rare. Toned. Very Fine.</p><p>Note that the later anchor denarius has a circle connection only on the end opposite the V.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen two of the following coins with an anchor. Both are point up. Mine has no eyelets for an attachment rope. A second coin of the same type has connecting circles at both ends.</p><p>Roman Republican Denarius, L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi, 90 BC, Rome</p><p>Obv – head of Apollo R, before letter, behind anchor</p><p>Rev – galloping horseman R, holding palm branch, above V, below L.PISO.FRVGI</p><p>Cr 340/1</p><p>[ATTACH=full]723967[/ATTACH]</p><p>You can see a few more coins on my blog</p><p><a href="http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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