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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 4561526, member: 75525&quot;][ATTACH=full]1129105[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1129106[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1129107[/ATTACH] </p><p>I bought a prow left Sextans in the NAC auction May 25, 2020. It is the 3rd prow left coin I have bought in less than a year, and the most expensive. This is the first time I won an auction when there were 19 bids. The coin crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 2 weeks. Not bad for a trip from Zurich to Texas.&nbsp; </p><p>The largest issue of cast bronze coins by Republican Rome had the prow (business end) of a warship on the reverse. Most were prow right. I do not know why some prows were pointed left, but there were enough prow left coins that Haeberline put then into 3 groups. Crawford followed suite and had three groups also:</p><ul> <li>First Prow Left cast coins, 225 - 217 BC, wt std As = 270 grams - Cr 36: 1 - As; 2 - Semis; 3 - Triens; 4 - Quadrans; 5 - Sextans</li> <li>Second Prow Left cast coins, 217 - 215 BC wt std As = 132 grams - Cr 38: 1 - As; 2 - Semis; 3 - Triens; 4 - Quadrans; there were struck Sextans, Uncia, Semuncia and Quartuncia coins in this group. </li> <li>Third Prow Left cast coins, 215 - 212 BC wt std As = between 132 and 54 grams - Cr 41: 1 - Decussis; 2 - Quincussis; 3 - Tressis; 4 - Dupondius; 5 - As; 6 - Semis; 7 - Triens; 8 - Quadrans; there were struck Semis, Triens, Quadrans, Sextans, Uncia and Semuncia coins in this group. </li> </ul><p>I find it interesting that Crawford put three series of coins in a short time window of 225 to 212 BC. The weight ranges for the coins overlap. All of the cast Sextans were in the first group.</p><p>Roman Republic Cast Sextans circa 225-217, Æ</p><p>Obv - Head of Mercury l.; below should be two pellets, but not on my coin.</p><p>Rev - Prow l.; below, two pellets.</p><p>46.23 grams = 277 gram equivalent Ass</p><p>33.0 X 34.7 X 10.0 mm</p><p>12 h – most of the cast coins I have seen are medal turn, or the obverse and reverse have the same orientation. A few are orientated coin turn, 6h. Even less have 3h or other orientations.</p><p>Brown green patina and very fine</p><p>Very rare (seller&#039;s words) – I found 10 examples on line, including mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Crawford 36/5, wt std – 270 grams</p><p>Aes Grave 23</p><p>Sydenham 82</p><p>Vecchi 92</p><p>Thurlow-Vecchi 62, wt std = 256 grams</p><p>RBW –.</p><p>Historia Numorum Italy 341.</p><p>Haeberlin p 55 – 56, plate 22, 17 – 20; wt range 34 – 54 grams; 45 examples; avg wt = 41.91 = 256 eq as</p><p>Garrucci lists a Mercury / Prow Right coin, but no Prow Left.</p><p>Kircheriano table 3a, #5B.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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