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<p>[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2944059, member: 76194"]Until today I had managed to amass 20 Roman Republic coins, yet not a single one of them was bronze. Republic era denarii might be nice, but if you don't have any bronze from the era, you are missing out on a lot. So here is my first bronze Roman Republic coin, and technically my first coin of 2018 since it won't get to me until January.</p><p><br /></p><p>These little beauties were minted in Sardinia from bronze coins captured by the Romans during the Second Punic War. I don't know much about them, nor any other Roman bronze coins from that era, but I'm hoping to remedy that soon. Show me any relevant coins you may have.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]717464[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic, Second Punic War, 215 - 212 BC</p><p>AE Sextans, Sardinia (?) Mint, 17mm, 2.37 grams</p><p>Obverse: Head of Mercury right wearing winged petasus.</p><p>Reverse: Prow of galley left, ROMA above, two pellets below.</p><p>Crawford56/6</p><p>From the Second Punic War, these issues previously thought to be unofficial issues due to their size and weight, but now are accepted as being overstruck on captured coinage. ex Thersites Collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2944059, member: 76194"]Until today I had managed to amass 20 Roman Republic coins, yet not a single one of them was bronze. Republic era denarii might be nice, but if you don't have any bronze from the era, you are missing out on a lot. So here is my first bronze Roman Republic coin, and technically my first coin of 2018 since it won't get to me until January. These little beauties were minted in Sardinia from bronze coins captured by the Romans during the Second Punic War. I don't know much about them, nor any other Roman bronze coins from that era, but I'm hoping to remedy that soon. Show me any relevant coins you may have. [ATTACH=full]717464[/ATTACH] Roman Republic, Second Punic War, 215 - 212 BC AE Sextans, Sardinia (?) Mint, 17mm, 2.37 grams Obverse: Head of Mercury right wearing winged petasus. Reverse: Prow of galley left, ROMA above, two pellets below. Crawford56/6 From the Second Punic War, these issues previously thought to be unofficial issues due to their size and weight, but now are accepted as being overstruck on captured coinage. ex Thersites Collection.[/QUOTE]
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