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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2187228, member: 74282&quot;]<img src="http://gallery.jordanmontgomery.us/upload/2015/07/02/20150702234006-cc50a2b8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Roman republic Æ Semuncia(5.50g), anonymous. 217-215 BC. Head of Mercury right, wearing winged petasos / Prow right; ROMA above. Crawford 38/7; Sydenham 87.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the earliest types of struck Roman coinage. The word &quot;Semuncia&quot; actually comes from Latin for &quot;Half ounce&quot;, having originated as a bronze coin weighing half a Roman ounce at a time when an as weighed one Roman pound. This is one I picked up from the same dealer as the Cn. Lentulus denarius I recently posted and I&#039;m really pleased with this one as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today also marks a milestone in my &quot;career&quot; as a collector - it was exactly one year ago today that I bought my first Ancient &amp; Medieval coins, a small bronze of Julian II and a half follis of Justin II &amp; Sophia at a small coin shop in Estes Park, Colorado. So, in celebration of that, I took a quick &quot;Group photo&quot;. Individual photos of everything but some of the LRBC are on my gallery(link in signature) but here&#039;s a quick overview of what a year of collecting looks like for me(seller/provenance info blurred for privacy):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/CuZU3aA.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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