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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2141565, member: 56859&quot;]I dug up another prow, something from an old mixed lot.&nbsp; It was a stumper when I saw it in 2013.&nbsp; Other than Roman Republic, I didn&#039;t know much about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Despite spending some time on it this morning I still don&#039;t know much about it.&nbsp; [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] and [USER=70512]@Okidoki[/USER] have similar coins and theirs are attributed as:</p><p><br /></p><p>Anonymous Roman Republic</p><p>AE Semis 21mm, 8.6g, anonymous, after 211 BC.</p><p>Obv.: Laureate head of Saturn right; S behind.</p><p>Rev.: Prow of galley right; S above, ROMA below.</p><p>Crawford 56/3</p><p>(copied from John&#039;s coin)</p><p><br /></p><p>However, most of the Crawford 56/3 issues seem much heavier and I thought semisses were generally larger and heavier than all three of our coins.&nbsp; The <b>Wildwinds example is 27 mm</b>.&nbsp; Mine is small and very light and the engraving looks crude.&nbsp; What do you think?&nbsp; Crawford 56/3?&nbsp; Official issue?&nbsp; Contemporary imitation?&nbsp; Modern fake?&nbsp; It was certainly overcleaned at some point.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]409806[/ATTACH]</p><p>AE 19 x 21 mm, 5.0 gm[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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