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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2760478, member: 75525&quot;][ATTACH=full]634313[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]634314[/ATTACH] </p><p>An interesting cast bronze quadrans arrived last week. It is from the second series of cast coins issued by Rome in about 270 BC. The weight basis for the series was the as equaled a Roman pound = 334 grams. The coins listed by Haeberline, 163 of them, averaged 84 grams =&gt; or an as of 336 grams. </p><p><br /></p><p>The vendor&#039;s description:</p><p>République romaine - Quadran (280-269 av. J.-C.)</p><p>A/ Cochon à droite trois globules en dessous. (ie - pig R, 3 dots below)</p><p>R/ Cochon à gauche trois globules en dessous. (ie - pig L, 3 dots below)</p><p>TTB (I agree it is VF)</p><p>Crawford - 18.4</p><p>Sear - 545 </p><p>TV - 11</p><p>Ae ; 69.36 gr ; 40 mm</p><p>I add the following references:</p><p>Sydenham AG - 46</p><p>Sydenham - 18, Note that the sale catalog of his collection listed 3 examples.</p><p>HNI - 282</p><p>RBW - 21</p><p>Haberline - pg 87 - 88; Table 36</p><p>Garrucci - Table XXXIV #4</p><p>SNG Cop 432 (this was listed on an old tag sent with the coin)</p><p><br /></p><p>The old tag mentions C. BURGAN, 03-07-92, 530. This sounds like an auction from 1992. Anyone know of this auction?</p><p><br /></p><p>The Sextans &amp; Uncia from the same series - </p><p>[ATTACH=full]634315[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]634316[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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