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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 3248866, member: 75525&quot;]I bought an interesting coin in a recent auction. It is not a common coin, but that is not unusual for small denomination RR bronzes. An added point of interest for this coin is that it might be Spanish imitation. Some pics of my coin (it is not here yet) and the best pic I noticed on line are below. Lettering on the coin is not like other coins of L.Semp.Pitio I have seen online. What do you think?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]852014[/ATTACH]</p><p>pic from recent sale</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]852015[/ATTACH]</p><p>pic from 2015 sale, same coin</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]852039[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]852040[/ATTACH]</p><p>pics from <a href="http://www.lesdioscures.com/ch83a2-semis-sempronia/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lesdioscures.com/ch83a2-semis-sempronia/" rel="nofollow">http://www.lesdioscures.com/ch83a2-semis-sempronia/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic; Bronze; L. Sempronius Pitio; Semis; 148 BC; may be Spanish imitation</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: laureate head of Saturn right, behind head. Not sure I see the S in pics. Will check in hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev: prow right; above L.SEMP; to right of prow – S; In Ex [ROMA]. The lettering on the reverse is not like other coins. The MP monogram has curves where there should be straight lines. Some of this issue have an R after SEMP. There is something to the right of M, but I can not tell what it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>9.40 grams.</p><p>Good very fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Crawford 216/3</p><p>Grueber Rome 720</p><p>Syd. 403a</p><p>Babelon Sempronia 5</p><p>Sear 858</p><p>RBW - 928[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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