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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 3875170, member: 75525&quot;]I picked up an interesting coin recently. This uncia, is 1/12 th of a Roman As, and is the heaviest I found on line. It is listed as Rare or Very Rare. I found 20 online and there are 44 examples in Haeberline, so it in not that rare. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1023719[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1023720[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Mint – Uncertain Central Italy, see below.&nbsp; </p><p>Denomination - AE Cast Uncia</p><p>Mint date - 280-260 BC</p><p>Obv – Pitcher (also called Jug, Jug with handle, Capis, Oinochoe, Oenochoe, kanne mit Henkel1); pellet (mark of value) to left.</p><p>Rev – Shephards crook (also called Pedum, Sistrum, curved club); pellet (mark of value) to left.</p><p><br /></p><p>Vecchi ICC 308</p><blockquote><p>Vecchi places this coin under Unknown Mints in Central Italy, Central Itallian Issues not in Recognizable Series, 3rd century BC.</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>31.32 grams, this is the heaviest coin I found in web searches. Only two of 44 coins in Haeberline were heavier.</p><p>30.5 X 31.2 X 8.1 mm</p><p>RR. Very rare. A superb cast in high relief. Dark green patina. Good VF.</p><p><br /></p><p>The words Capis &amp; Oinoghoe were used to describe the obverse. I found this description.</p><p>[ATTACH]1023721[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1023719[/ATTACH] </p><p>An <b>oenochoe</b>, also spelled oinochoe (Ancient Greek: οἰνοχόη; from Ancient Greek: οἶνος oînos, &quot;wine&quot; and Ancient Greek: χέω khéō, &quot;I pour&quot;; plural oenochoai or oinochoai), is a wine jug and a key form of ancient Greek pottery.</p><p>Wikipedia</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1023722[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1023720[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>David: slinging at Goliath -- David, with <b>pedum</b> in left hand, swings sling in right hand. Stone strikes forehead of Goliath, in mail, wearing broad helmet, removing sword from scabbard.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pierpont Morgan Library. Manuscript. M.638.</p><p>Old Testament Published/Created:</p><p>Paris, France, ca. 1244-1254.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is not listed in Crawford, Sear or Grueber. You can see the 9 references I found in 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></p><p><br /></p><p>Comparing the size of scale weights and coins of the same denominations:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1023724[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1023725[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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