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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2742999, member: 74282&quot;]I think you did very well. The details are still largely there and it is a very attractive piece, and at 32 grams, likely an impressive piece in-hand as well. Historially, these types were minted during a short period where Rome ceased the minting of silver entirely for reasons not completely understood, so the bronzes saw more than their fair share of circulation. I will point out that the identitification is slightly incorrect, however, but many people make mistakes with this particular type.</p><p><br /></p><p>Two moneyers from roughly the same time period put the name &quot;SAX&quot; on their coins - one used just &quot;SAX&quot; and the other &quot;C SAX&quot;. Yours was minted by the &quot;C SAX&quot; moneyer and is actually Crawford 173/1. I know this because there is one little feature that, if clear, can always be used to differentiate the two: the deck structure, the device right in the middle of the top portion of the prow. On the coins of the &quot;C SAX&quot; moneyer, the usual raised deck structure is two dots. On the &quot;SAX&quot; moneyer, the deck structure sticks up and has a flat top. Compare the area directly below the &quot;SA&quot; on the coin <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1102582" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1102582" rel="nofollow">here</a> with the area below the &quot;SAX&quot; on <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=300264" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=300264" rel="nofollow">this coin</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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