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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2278174, member: 74282&quot;][ATTACH=full]454900[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I think my latest purchase is a much better example of a &quot;problem coin&quot; than my previous post in the thread, but I didn&#039;t have it at the time(and I still don&#039;t have it in-hand). Most collectors might see it as junk because of the wear, the roughness and the flan problems, but it was part of at least 3 of the best Republican bronze collections of recent memory so there must be something special about it, right?</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a very scarce sextans from the &quot;Bull and MD&quot; series, and I don&#039;t use &quot;very scarce&quot; lightly - during this time period, sextantes were only minted in very small numbers and all are relatively scarce. So even with its problems, I think it&#039;s a great problem coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Image used with permission of <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/" rel="nofollow">FORVM </a>- another image can be found from Andrew McCabe&#039;s collection <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ahala_rome/3585361440/in/photolist-6sPV3y" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ahala_rome/3585361440/in/photolist-6sPV3y" rel="nofollow">here</a> - by the way, the page he links in the description is worth a read if you have the time</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic Æ Sextans(6.5g, 19mm). Anonymous(Marcus Durmius?), 189-180 BC. Rome mint. Head of Mercury right wearing winged Petasos, •• above / Prow of galley right; bull standing right and MD above, •• before, ROMA below. Crawford 142/5, Sydenham 299d. Ex. Andrew McCabe, Ex. RBW, Ex. Goodman(CNG 45, lot 1333)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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