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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2256952, member: 74282&quot;]The coin that I&#039;m sharing today is a relatively scarce type which is virtually always overstruck and very rarely seen in a condition this nice. Like the triens I recently shared <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-roman-republican-bronze-overstrike-from-the-second-punic-war.269278/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-roman-republican-bronze-overstrike-from-the-second-punic-war.269278/">here</a>, this coin shows evidence of overstriking, likely on a Sardinian, Sicilian or Punic bronze, and is struck at roughly half the weight standard of Rome mint issues at the time. This issue is signed &quot;AVR&quot; as well, which along with find spot and hoard evidence seems to suggest that it was minted in Sardinia near the end of the Second Punic War, likely under Caius Aurunculeius Cotta, Praetor of Sardinia in 209 BC. Unfortunately I have not yet been able to identify the undertype of this coin but if anyone has any ideas, please let me know.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]447478[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Another cool thing about this coin I thought I&#039;d share is that it came with the previous collector&#039;s envelope(No information about who that collector was though, unfortunately). I really like old tags and provenance info so I&#039;ve attached it below as well:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]447479[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Full ID: Roman Republic Æ Sextans(4.58 grams, 20.67 mm). Caius Aurunculeius Cotta, Praetor of Sardinia, 209 BC. Sardinian mint. Head of Mercury right. above, two pellets / Prow right; above, ROMA; before AVR monogram; two pellets below. Crawford 65/6, Sydenham 162d. Ex. FJ Rath, List 5, 1970, Lot 69.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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