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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fugio1, post: 4112810, member: 89970&quot;][USER=74282]@red_spork[/USER] Sorry for delay in responding.&nbsp; The rest of my non-numismatic life is happening.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As you are aware, I saw this coin only minutes after you had pressed the buy button and was shaking trying to find the mouse, only to see that it was sold.&nbsp;&nbsp; I offered you 3 times the purchase price but wisely, you kept the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>This, and any of the other RRC 46/1 varieties are all relatively rare and unique.&nbsp; Obviously stylistically distinct (both obv. and rev.) from the more common RRC 44/5.&nbsp;&nbsp; This example is among the rarest of the sub-varieties.&nbsp; These have been my &quot;White Whales&quot; for some time now.&nbsp; You captured a great example.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As [USER=74282]@red_spork[/USER] suggested, there are quite a few early varieties that are believed to be about contemporary, including several issues from Sicily and unknown field mints during the 2nd Punic War.&nbsp;&nbsp; RRC 44/5 is generally believed to be among the earliest, but based on hoard evidence, the varieties with semi-incuse legends are thought to be earlier than the examples with legends in relief.&nbsp; This is also borne out by die link studies finding that RRC 44/5 groups 1, 3, and 4 are all die linked with and therefore struck at the same mint.&nbsp; Contrary to Crawford&#039;s assertions that the peaked visor coins (RRC 53/2 and similar) were contemporary with the splayed visor issues, there is ample subsequent evidence and scholarship suggesting that the earlier issues consistently have splayed visors.</p><p><br /></p><p>RRC 46/1 and its sub-varieties are not well represented in hoards, but Crawford&#039;s placement and the overall general style similarities suggest placement of this issue&nbsp; early, roughly contemporary with RRC 44.&nbsp; I&#039;d love to have any of the varieties.&nbsp; Here are some pics of some of the other variations.&nbsp; Note the obverse styles are very different but with unique similarities of the reverse style, especially the cape, and reverse die links exist between varieties as described here:</p><p><a href="http://stevebrinkman.ancients.info/anonymous/C46_links.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://stevebrinkman.ancients.info/anonymous/C46_links.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://stevebrinkman.ancients.info/anonymous/C46_links.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>46/1 British Museum Example:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1067412[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>46/1(b) Berk Sale Sept, 1999</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1067402[/ATTACH] </p><p>46/1(c)&nbsp; ANS Example </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1067409[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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