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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 3286266, member: 74282&quot;]Surprisingly none of the earlier auction records listed the unusual style of this coin. I know Roberto Russo was a very astute student of these coins so I was very surprised by that but at the same time this is such a scrappy little quinarius that it likely didn&#039;t get much attention. Actually, a mutual contact of ours who is very knowledgeable on Second Punic War-era denarii and quinarii had some very interesting information for me when I mentioned this coin to him and even a photo of a die match in a Sicilian hoard. He was the one who helped me finally find some information about it after several other collectors told me they&#039;d never seen anything like it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, that&#039;s a wonderful example of the &quot;normal&quot; style 83/3. Yours is very attractive. I&#039;ve been outbid on the type twice over the years but have yet to capture one for my own collection. One of these days...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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