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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3886687, member: 85693&quot;]Nice looking coin.&nbsp; A while back I posted a Unica which had the grain ear and Andrew McCabe helped me out - they were minted in Sicily apparently. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my ugly unica:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1026051[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Roman</b> <b>Republic&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Uncia</b></p><p><b>Anonymous Corn Ear Series</b></p><p><b>(214-212 B.C.) </b></p><p><b>Sicily Mint</b></p><p>Helmeted head of Roma right, pellet behind. / ROMA, prow right, corn ear above, pellet below.</p><p>Crawford 42/4a.</p><p>(6.36 grams / 20 mm)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Attribution Note:</b></p><p>Andrew McCabe confirmed this attribution Coin Talk, 10/04/19 From McCabe&#039;s website:&nbsp; &quot;The Uncia RRC 42/4 is commonly overstruck on Hieron II Poseidon/</p><p>Trident types and rarely over Carthagian bronzes. Crawford says that these coins were likely issued in connection with the arrival of Marcellus and the beginning of serious operations against Syracuse in 214 BC.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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