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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carausius, post: 4441536, member: 76440&quot;]Here is my Club Series As:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1110433[/ATTACH]</p><p>Rome. The Republic.</p><p>Club Series, 208 BCE.</p><p>AE As (54.36g; 37mm).</p><p>Southeastern Italian Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Head of Janus; I (mark of value = 1 As) above.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Prow facing right; club, above; I (mark of value), before; ROMA, below.</p><p><br /></p><p>References: Crawford 89/3; Sydenham 213; BMCRR 312.</p><p><br /></p><p>Provenance: Ex Roma E-Live Auction 2 (30 Aug 2018), Lot 495.</p><p><br /></p><p>Weight and fabric are one way to differentiate well-worn specimens where style may be tougher to appreciate. Club Series Asses are massive. Crawford suggests that the weight standard of the series was based on an As of approximately 54 grams, and the weight of my above example is consistent with that proposed weight standard. Crawford estimated the weight standard of the Cr 112 Staff Series asses at 36 grams - much lighter.&nbsp; The fabric of my Club As and other examples (see, e.g., McCabe “Anonymous Struck Bronze Coinage,” example RRC89.3.3) display a pronounced, conical-shaped flan consistent with flans produced in open molds. Note how the reverse face of this coin has a much smaller diameter than the obverse face, evidencing the conical flan.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the coin isn&#039;t too worn, style of the prow is another clear separator.&nbsp; Note the difference between the prow stem of my coin and yours.&nbsp; Prow stem on my coin is short and fat; on yours longer and more slender. Even on well-worn coins, these major device differences should be apparent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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