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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2319957, member: 74282&quot;]I won two coins in yesterday&#039;s Agora auction, both ex RBW collection. The first one I&#039;m sharing(because the second is an anomaly and I still need research time) is the following triens with a &quot;staff&quot; symbol from the anonymous Crawford 106 &quot;staff and club&quot; series minted in Etruria during the Second Punic War. The series that this coin belongs to is a complex series which includes coins with symbols(various variations of a staff and/or club) and coins without any symbol but which are linked both stylistically and via hoard evidence to the varieties with symbols. Because of the complexity of the series, these are often misidentified and even in the plates for Crawford there are coins which should&#039;ve been linked to this series that aren&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, this particular coin has some patina problems, but I am hoping it will be one that is better in-hand(as I am often surprised by bronzes), but even if not, it didn&#039;t cost much and has a visible symbol which is exactly what I was looking for, so it is a nice way to begin my collection of this particular series.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]468702[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic Æ Triens(27mm, 11.61g, 9h), Anonymous(&quot;Staff and club&quot; series), 209-208 BC, Etrurian mint. Helmeted head of Minerva right; above, •••• / Prow right; above, ROMA and staff; above, ••••. Crawford 106/6a. Sydenham -.</p><p>Ex. RBW collection, Ex. Crédit Suisse List 52 (January 1988), 422.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please share anything similar you may have![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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