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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3925892, member: 96898"][Better wait for the Roman Republican experts to chime in, but to me it looks like the variant with the horizontal staff (the line you mentioned).]</p><p><br /></p><p>(<i>edit: I didn't see that [USER=90666]@Andrew McCabe[/USER] already posted above. His answer solved this question, I guess.)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>I have a semis with a horizontal staff:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1034834[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Roman Republic, anonymous issue ("staff and club series"), AE semis, 208 BC, mint in Etruria (?). Obv: laureate head of Saturn r.; behind, S. Rev: prow r., above, S and horizontal staff; in exergue, ROMA. 28mm, 19.86g. Ref: RRC 106/5 var (position of staff). Ex André Cichos.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an obverse die match sold by Bertolami a while ago (but sadly not to me). The staff is more visible on this one. Also note the hollow on Saturn's cheek that both coins have. I wonder what has caused it. Maybe scooping?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1034835[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3925892, member: 96898"][Better wait for the Roman Republican experts to chime in, but to me it looks like the variant with the horizontal staff (the line you mentioned).] ([I]edit: I didn't see that [USER=90666]@Andrew McCabe[/USER] already posted above. His answer solved this question, I guess.)[/I] I have a semis with a horizontal staff: [ATTACH=full]1034834[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Roman Republic, anonymous issue ("staff and club series"), AE semis, 208 BC, mint in Etruria (?). Obv: laureate head of Saturn r.; behind, S. Rev: prow r., above, S and horizontal staff; in exergue, ROMA. 28mm, 19.86g. Ref: RRC 106/5 var (position of staff). Ex André Cichos.[/SIZE] Here is an obverse die match sold by Bertolami a while ago (but sadly not to me). The staff is more visible on this one. Also note the hollow on Saturn's cheek that both coins have. I wonder what has caused it. Maybe scooping? [ATTACH=full]1034835[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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