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<p>[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 3787529, member: 74282"]I'm a big fan of coins with nice "old collection" toning:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1011430[/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'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><br /></p><p><a href="http://gallery.respublicacoins.com/picture.php?/151/category/3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://gallery.respublicacoins.com/picture.php?/151/category/3" rel="nofollow">Ex CNG Triton XXII, 1/9/2018, lot 787, ex Alan J Harlan collection, purchased from Spink & Son</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1011427[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic AR quinarius(16.3mm, 1.94g, 12h). Anonymous. ca. 212-196 B.C. Apulian mint. Helmeted head of Roma right, V behind / ROMA, the Dioscuri riding right, each holds a spear; H below. Crawford 85/1a; Sydenham 174; RSC 33b; Russo RBW 347.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://gallery.respublicacoins.com/picture.php?/38/category/3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://gallery.respublicacoins.com/picture.php?/38/category/3" rel="nofollow">Ex RBW Collection, ex Malter XXX(Frederick Hastings Rindge collection, assembled in the 19th century), lot 1473, 6/7/1985.</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A scarcer stylistic variety of the type above, probably struck a little later:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1011426[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic AR quinarius(2.16g, 16mm, 9h). Anonymous. ca. 212-196 B.C. Apulian mint. Helmeted head of Roma right, V behind / ROMA, the Dioscuri riding right, each holds a spear; H below. Crawford 85/1a; Sydenham 174; RSC 33b; Russo RBW 348/<a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1102210" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1102210" rel="nofollow">NAC 61 lot 356</a>(these dies)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1011428[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic AR Victoriatus(17 mm, 2.54g, 7h). Anonymous("VB" series). ca. 211-208 B.C. Uncertain mint(traditionally, Vibo Valentia). Laureate head of Jupiter right. Border of dots / Victory standing right, crowning trophy with wreath; VB ligate on exergue between. ROMA in exergue. Line border. Crawford 95/1a; BMCRR Italy 233; Russo RBW 389</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1011429[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic AR Denarius(4.04g, 18mm). M·IVNI(Marcus Junius Silanus?) series, 145 B.C., Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; behind, ass's head; before, X. Border of dots / Dioscuri galloping right; below, M·IVNI; in exergue, ROMA. Crawford 220/1</p><p>From the Stevens family collection, formed during and shortly after the Second World War[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 3787529, member: 74282"]I'm a big fan of coins with nice "old collection" toning: [ATTACH=full]1011430[/ATTACH] 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'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. [URL='http://gallery.respublicacoins.com/picture.php?/151/category/3']Ex CNG Triton XXII, 1/9/2018, lot 787, ex Alan J Harlan collection, purchased from Spink & Son[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1011427[/ATTACH] Roman Republic AR quinarius(16.3mm, 1.94g, 12h). Anonymous. ca. 212-196 B.C. Apulian mint. Helmeted head of Roma right, V behind / ROMA, the Dioscuri riding right, each holds a spear; H below. Crawford 85/1a; Sydenham 174; RSC 33b; Russo RBW 347. [URL='http://gallery.respublicacoins.com/picture.php?/38/category/3']Ex RBW Collection, ex Malter XXX(Frederick Hastings Rindge collection, assembled in the 19th century), lot 1473, 6/7/1985.[/URL] A scarcer stylistic variety of the type above, probably struck a little later: [ATTACH=full]1011426[/ATTACH] Roman Republic AR quinarius(2.16g, 16mm, 9h). Anonymous. ca. 212-196 B.C. Apulian mint. Helmeted head of Roma right, V behind / ROMA, the Dioscuri riding right, each holds a spear; H below. Crawford 85/1a; Sydenham 174; RSC 33b; Russo RBW 348/[URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1102210']NAC 61 lot 356[/URL](these dies) [ATTACH=full]1011428[/ATTACH] Roman Republic AR Victoriatus(17 mm, 2.54g, 7h). Anonymous("VB" series). ca. 211-208 B.C. Uncertain mint(traditionally, Vibo Valentia). Laureate head of Jupiter right. Border of dots / Victory standing right, crowning trophy with wreath; VB ligate on exergue between. ROMA in exergue. Line border. Crawford 95/1a; BMCRR Italy 233; Russo RBW 389 [ATTACH=full]1011429[/ATTACH] Roman Republic AR Denarius(4.04g, 18mm). M·IVNI(Marcus Junius Silanus?) series, 145 B.C., Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; behind, ass's head; before, X. Border of dots / Dioscuri galloping right; below, M·IVNI; in exergue, ROMA. Crawford 220/1 From the Stevens family collection, formed during and shortly after the Second World War[/QUOTE]
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