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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 4700958, member: 75525&quot;]An uncommon cast bronze As arrived this week. The coin was broken to make small change and is only about a Sextans worth of bronze. Enough of the design is on the coin to make an ID, but most of the &quot;good stuff&quot; is on other pieces. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Minerva Bull Aes Grave Fraction; Crawford 37, 225 BC</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1154701[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1154700[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic</p><p>Aes Grave fragment of an As from the Miverva Bull series 225 BC, mint uncertain</p><p>Obv – Head of Minerva, facing, wearing helmet with three crests, hair cascading to shoulders</p><p>Rev – Bull standing to right (only parts of the back two legs are showing); In Ex RO[MA]; this fragment does not show the marks above the bull: L, I or a caduceus. Grueber and earlier authors are not sure if the L stands for a town (Luceria) or one pound (Libra).&nbsp; </p><p>37.1 X 29.2 X 10.2 mm</p><p>43.22 grams</p><p>BB +, Light Brown / Green patina</p><p>Rare - I found only a dozen coins in books and on the internet (3 coins on acsearch). Haberline had 23 examples. I am not sure where this fits on a rarity scale, but there have been only a few sales in the last 20 years. I would like a whole coin, but this place holder is good enough for now. </p><p><br /></p><p>Crawford 37/1a, b or c Crawford lists three symbols above the bull.</p><p>Grueber Italy AG 1 or 2</p><p>Sydenham RRC – 138 &amp; 139</p><p>Sydenham AG – 34 &amp; 35</p><p>Haberline – pg 141 – 143, 23 examples including 2 fragments; plates 55 – 56</p><p>Garrucci - pg 17; plate XXXII # 4 &amp; 5</p><p>Vecci ICC – 72 or 73</p><p>T&amp;V – 43 or 43a</p><p>HNI – 331</p><p><br /></p><p>The next few pics are the seller&#039;s, two plate pics from Garrucci, a fragment pic from Haberline and 2 coins from Haberline</p><p>[ATTACH]1154702[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1154703[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1154704[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1154705[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1154706[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1154707[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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