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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 8257068, member: 74282&quot;]I&#039;ll share a handful of RR bronzes I recently received. I have a denarius that deserves its own post that I&#039;ll share soon elsewhere:</p><p><br /></p><p>A very nice corn-ear sextans struck on Sicily during the Second Punic War</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1455815[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A worn example of this famous type featuring Janus with the features of Pompey the great but it had a lot going for it that I was a fan of: full legends, natural un-messed with patina, not tooled. This type in particular seems like it comes tooled more often than not so I was happy to find a nice, natural example recently.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1455810[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Imperatorial Period Æ as(17.04g, 29mm), Sextus Pompey, Imperator and Praefect of the Fleet, 43-36 B.C., Sicilian mint. Laureate head of Janus with features of Pompey the Great; above, MAGN / Prow of galley right, PIVS above, IMP below. Sear HCRI 336; Crawford 379/1; RPC I 671.</p><p><br /></p><p>An extremely rare sextans of the SAX series, probably the sixth or seventh known example:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1455813[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic Æ Sextans(6.82g, 20mm). Cluvius Saxula, moneyer, 169-158 BC. Rome mint(or perhaps Central Italian mint). Head of Mercury right wearing winged Petasos, •• above / Prow of galley right; SAX above, •• before, ROMA below. Crawford 180/5; Russo RBW 765/(Central Italian Mint); Sydenham 361d</p><p><br /></p><p>Another extremely rare sextans, this time of the M FABRINI series, and in excellent condition for the type:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1455814[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic Æ sextans(3.6g, 17mm). M Fabrinius, moneyer, 132 B.C. Rome mint. Head of young Mercury right, wearing winged Petasos with caduceus over shoulder; ·· behind / M FABRI NI, prow of galley right; before, ··. ROMA below. Crawford 251/4[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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