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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 4358151, member: 75525&quot;]A nice aes grave arrived recently. It was from Italy and took about a month to work its way across the Atlantic. As best I can tell, the package did not come with any undesirable extras. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1102135[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1102136[/ATTACH] Seller&#039;s Pics.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1102138[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1102139[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center">I took several pics with different lighting options. </p> <p style="text-align: center">These show the coin&#039;s features best.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>Roma/Wheel series. AE Cast Semis, c. 230 BC.</p><p>Obv - Bull leaping left; S below.</p><p>Rev - Wheel of six spokes; between two spokes, S.</p><p>99.8 grams (1), 50.0 mm, die rotation 12</p><p>Grade, rrdenarius - VF; seller - VF, aVF, Rare (2)</p><p>well centered, nice casting with good features, wheel on reverse is low profile, no flan flaws, typical style; patina (3) - light tan, the patina color &amp; fine surface irregularities make seeing and photographing features hard; no damage;</p><p><br /></p><p>Cr. 24/4; 265 to 242 BC; Wt Std = 270</p><p>BMC Greek Italy; Pg 54, Central Italy #5 &amp; #6</p><p>Haeberline; Pg 59 - 60, 70 examples, 104.3 to 171.2 grams; Pl 25, 1-7</p><p>HNI, 327</p><p>Sear: 535</p><p>RBW, 34&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>Sydenham CRR = 60; Syd AG = 87; Syd collection =</p><p>T &amp; V, 32; 269 to 240 BC</p><p>Vecchi, ICC, 67</p><p>Garrucci, Table XL, #1; Pg 21, Wt = 4 ounce + 18 den = 133.2 grams&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>not in BMCRR, Bab / RSC&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Notes:</p><p>1.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Weights from various sources:</p><p>a.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; _&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; On Line&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Haeberline</p><p>b.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Number&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 37&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 70</p><p>c.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Max Wt, gr&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 166&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 171</p><p>d.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Min Wt, gr&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 92&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 105</p><p>e.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Avg Wt&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 128&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 133</p><p>f.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; St Dev&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 19&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 15</p><p>&nbsp; Note: my coin is the second lowest weight of 100+ coins. That is not a good sign. Otherwise the coin looks great and is from a seller I trust.</p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Vendor called the coin “Rare”. I found 70 examples in Haeberline, 13 examples in the ANS web site CRRO and another 24 from various places in books and on the web. Two CoinTalk members have posted their examples of this coin - [USER=90666]@Andrew McCabe[/USER]&nbsp; on Oct 15, 2019; [USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER] on Sep 6, 2014.</p><p><br /></p><p>3.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Vendor said: “Untouched earthen light green patina.” I do not see green, but that is often the case because I am a bit color blind.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below are some pics of the page with Haeberlin illustrations and some cast coins I was photographing. </p><p>[ATTACH]1102140[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1102141[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1102142[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1102143[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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