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Message:: [QUOTE="red_spork, post: 3135021, member: 74282"]My minimum condition is basically "identifiable" which this bronze is a good example of. It's not pretty and it's not one where I can say my photo's horrible and it's better in-hand, but I was excited to add it to my collection because it's a rare type I might not otherwise find and because it is the produce of an important change in the Roman Monetary system. This coin is a very rare Crawfkrd 41/6e semis. Most of the semisses of the Crawford 41 series are cast(aes grave) bronzes but a small number of struck examples made at a similar weight standard are known. This particular example is a bit lighter than most but is a die match to other heavier pieces. This is an important type because it represents that change in the Roman Monetary system from the earlier cast bronzes to the struck bronzes that would be used for the rest of Roman history. [ATTACH=full]800398[/ATTACH] Roman Republic Æ Semis(18.688g, 30mm). Anonymous post-semilibral series, 215-212 BC. Rome mint. Laureate head of Saturn right, S behind/Prow of galley right, S above, ROMA below. Russo Essays Hersh p. 140, 2 and pl. 16, 10 (same dies); McCabe Anonymous A1.Sm.2; cf. Crawford 41/6e; Sydenham -; Russo RBW 123-124.[/QUOTE]