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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2280971, member: 74282&quot;]Are y&#039;all tired of the Second Punic War yet? Hopefully not! I finally got around to photographing two of the bronzes I got in yesterday and thought I&#039;d share. The first will not win any beauty contests, but is an extremely rare(Crawford only knew of a single example!) semis, likely overstruck and somewhat underweight for the type, but it is a die match to other known examples. It is also from the Andrew McCabe collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]455827[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic Æ Semis(18.688g, 30mm). Anonymous, 215-212 BC. Rome mint. Laureate head of Saturn right, S behind/Prow of galley right, S above, ROMA below. Russo p. 140, 2 and pl. 16, 10 (same dies); McCabe Anonymous A1.Sm.2; cf. Crawford 41/6e. Ex. Andrew McCabe. </p><p><br /></p><p>This next coin is an uncia struck in Sicily during the Siege of Syracuse. The grain ear/corn ear is the standard mintmark of Sicilian bronzes of this period and there are actually multiple similar series with grain ears. This one is also overstruck, likely on a Sicilian bronze. I was unable to capture it in the photos, but this coin actually doesn&#039;t have a black patina but a very dark green patina with a few small reddish splotches.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]455828[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic Æ Uncia(21.0 mm, 6.43 g, 11 h). Anonymous. 214-212 B.C. Sicilian mint. Helmeted head of Mars right; pellet behind / ROMA, Prow of galley right; ROMA and grain ear above, pellet below. Crawford 42/4[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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