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<p>[QUOTE="akeady, post: 7513761, member: 83175"]Here's a sextans overstruck on a Carthaginian coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anonymous Bronze Sextans</p><p>Obv.: Head of Mercury right, wearing winged petasus; • • above</p><p>Rev.: ROMA - Prow of galley right; •• below</p><p>Mint: Sicilian Mint (ca. 211-208 BC)</p><p>Wt./Size/Axis: 2.78g / 17mm / 7h</p><p>References:</p><ul> <li>Sydenham 310d var</li> <li>Crawford 69/6 var</li> </ul><p>Provenances:</p><ul> <li>Ex. Andrew McCabe Collection</li> <li>Ex. RBW Collection 2013</li> </ul><p>Acquisition: CNG Online auction E-Sale 432 #211 (part) 14-Nov-2018</p><p>Notes: <i>Jun 6, 20</i> - This is a Second Punic War overstrike; this is an anonymous type.</p><p>The standard references refer to a type with corn-ear and KA symbol. The obverse shows a bent horse’s leg and is likely a bronze assigned to the mint of Carthage of similar Tanit/Horse type, but with a bent foreleg. These anonymous types probably represent a different mint location in Sicily than the corn-ear and KA types. [Andrew McCabe]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr69_6Var_Obv_sma.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr69_6Var_Rev_sma.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Next - another overstruck coin</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="akeady, post: 7513761, member: 83175"]Here's a sextans overstruck on a Carthaginian coin. Anonymous Bronze Sextans Obv.: Head of Mercury right, wearing winged petasus; • • above Rev.: ROMA - Prow of galley right; •• below Mint: Sicilian Mint (ca. 211-208 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 2.78g / 17mm / 7h References: [LIST] [*]Sydenham 310d var [*]Crawford 69/6 var [/LIST] Provenances: [LIST] [*]Ex. Andrew McCabe Collection [*]Ex. RBW Collection 2013 [/LIST] Acquisition: CNG Online auction E-Sale 432 #211 (part) 14-Nov-2018 Notes: [I]Jun 6, 20[/I] - This is a Second Punic War overstrike; this is an anonymous type. The standard references refer to a type with corn-ear and KA symbol. The obverse shows a bent horse’s leg and is likely a bronze assigned to the mint of Carthage of similar Tanit/Horse type, but with a bent foreleg. These anonymous types probably represent a different mint location in Sicily than the corn-ear and KA types. [Andrew McCabe] [IMG]http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr69_6Var_Obv_sma.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr69_6Var_Rev_sma.jpg[/IMG] [B]Next - another overstruck coin[/B][/QUOTE]
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