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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 3315888, member: 74282&quot;]I won this coin in Triton XXII earlier this month. I fell in love with this coin as soon as I saw it and placed a relatively high prebid as prebidding closed, intending to possibly bid even higher during the live auction if need be. Fortunately on the day of live auction my coin attracted no further bids and I won it far lower than I expected (though I later learned one other CoinTalker tried and failed to bid on it due to technical issues).</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a Crawford 45/2 series quinarius struck at an &quot;uncertain mint&quot;(per Crawford) but I suspect an Apulian origin from the hoards I&#039;ve seen. CNG identified it as the more common 44/6 quinarius however the included Spink ticket correctly identified it so perhaps the cataloguer just overlooked it, but this coin has all the hallmarks of the Crawford 45 series, in particular the &quot;ski slope nose&quot; and three part helmet that are the easiest identifiers of this type.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve always liked this particular series but what really made me fall in love with this example was the fine style of the dies, in my opinion some of the best for the type, along with the nearly perfect centering, strike and flan and the cabinet toning suggesting there&#039;s perhaps an old provenance to be found. One of my long term goals is to focus more on buying the best example I can afford for types where I have that luxury and I think this one certainly fits the bill.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]878745[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic AR Quinarius(16mm, 2.28 g, 12h). Anonymous. After 211 B.C. Uncertain(perhaps Apulian?) mint. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet ornamented with griffin&#039;s head and three-piece visor, earring an necklace; behind, V. Border of dots / Dioscuri on horseback riding right, each holding couched spear and wearing chlamys, cuirass and pileus surmounted by star; in relief in linear frame, ROMA. Line border. Crawford 45/2; Russo RBW 180; Sydenham 169.</p><p>Ex CNG Triton XXII, 1/9/2018, lot 787, ex Alan J Harlan collection, purchased from Spink &amp; Son</p><p><br /></p><p>As a final note, one thing that I still am not completely certain on is the &quot;dot&quot; above the uppermost lock of hair between the V and the back of the helmet. There are some examples of RR silver with a small &quot;dot&quot; under the bust and its exact meaning is unknown. In this case the dot does appear to be raised and we&#039;ll defined and I don&#039;t think it&#039;s die rust but I haven&#039;t found a die match exhibiting this feature yet. I&#039;d be very interested to hear any other collectors&#039; opinions on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>As always, feel free to post anything relevant![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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