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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 8194101, member: 75525&quot;]I saw an interesting and uncommon Roman Republican struck Asse recently. The seller&#039;s pics are below. I found only two examples online. One was in the RBW sale (437) and this coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1435138[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1435139[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, Luceria 206 - 195 BC; AE, fraction of a struck Asse; P second series.</p><p>Obv - bottom half of a Janus head, P below</p><p>Rev - top / back half of a Roman warship; mark of value - I, above; [before - P; below - ROMA]</p><p>BB+/BB. Patina verde, R. </p><p>&nbsp;grams</p><p>&nbsp;mm</p><p>2h, I do not have weight or diameter yet, but rotation is obvious from the pics.</p><p>Crawford 99/1a.</p><p>BMCRR Italy 257-264</p><p>Syd 306</p><p>RBW 437</p><p><br /></p><p>Twelve-year-old me thinks this is a GREAT coin. How often do you get to say half-as and P in the same coin description?</p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder what kind of value was placed on a small coin that was cut in half? Did it carry a value of 6 VNCIA = 1 Semis?</p><p><br /></p><p>While looking for other Cr991a&#039;s I noticed a Sextans of the same series. It has a P between the two dots inex on the reverse. I do not remember seeing a letter between dots like that.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1435150[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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