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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2968434, member: 74282&quot;]I haven&#039;t had a chance to take a good photo of my other purchases yet but thought I&#039;d go ahead and share a cell phone picture of the first one. I went to NYINC really hoping to find some RR bronzes. I only found a handful on my first trip around the bourse and most were ones I&#039;d either already seen(and passed on) online in dealers inventories or auctions but on my return trip, [USER=82322]@Ed Snible[/USER] mentioned that a dealer had several RR bronzes in a big binder that was essentially a junk box. I found two that I liked enough to take home. The first is a sextans of the Sardinian Praetor of 211 BC, L. Cornelius Lentulus. This is one of the few instances where an early Roman Republic coin can be tied to a specific year because the Sardinian Praetors of 211-209 BC are recorded as Cornelius, Manlius and Aurunculeius and conveniently a series of 3 issues, each of similar style and fabric and primarily found on Sardinia, are mint marked with C, MA and AVR.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]728067[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic Æ Sextans(2.4g). L Cornelius Lentulus, Praetor of Sardinia, 211 BC. Sardinian mint. Head of Mercury right; above, two pellets / Prow right; above, ROMA; before, C; two pellets below. Crawford 63/6</p><p>Purchased from Sam Sloat Coins, 1/13/2018 at NYINC 2018</p><p><br /></p><p>$10 well spent I think![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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