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<p>[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 24664907, member: 74282"]It is a Crawford 38/7 or a group AA semuncia in McCabe's grouping scheme from <a href="https://www.academia.edu/15757344/Andrew_McCabe_The_Anonymous_Struck_Bronze_Coinage_of_the_Roman_Republic_in_Essays_in_Honour_of_Roberto_Russo_Witschonke_van_Alfen_eds_2013" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/15757344/Andrew_McCabe_The_Anonymous_Struck_Bronze_Coinage_of_the_Roman_Republic_in_Essays_in_Honour_of_Roberto_Russo_Witschonke_van_Alfen_eds_2013" rel="nofollow">this paper</a> but Crawford 38/7 is what you will see cited in most auctions. I would call it semilibral as opposed to "post reform" as that is the group it more properly belongs to. Here's mine</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1572630[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman republic Æ Semuncia(5.50g), anonymous semilibral series. 217-215 BC. Head of Mercury right, wearing winged petasos / Prow right; ROMA above. Crawford 38/7; McCabe group AA; Sydenham 87; Russo RBW 100-102.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's one of the most common Roman Republic bronzes of them all but it is really hard to find a really high grade example as most have issues with corrosion, flaky patinas, etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 24664907, member: 74282"]It is a Crawford 38/7 or a group AA semuncia in McCabe's grouping scheme from [URL='https://www.academia.edu/15757344/Andrew_McCabe_The_Anonymous_Struck_Bronze_Coinage_of_the_Roman_Republic_in_Essays_in_Honour_of_Roberto_Russo_Witschonke_van_Alfen_eds_2013']this paper[/URL] but Crawford 38/7 is what you will see cited in most auctions. I would call it semilibral as opposed to "post reform" as that is the group it more properly belongs to. Here's mine [ATTACH=full]1572630[/ATTACH] Roman republic Æ Semuncia(5.50g), anonymous semilibral series. 217-215 BC. Head of Mercury right, wearing winged petasos / Prow right; ROMA above. Crawford 38/7; McCabe group AA; Sydenham 87; Russo RBW 100-102. It's one of the most common Roman Republic bronzes of them all but it is really hard to find a really high grade example as most have issues with corrosion, flaky patinas, etc.[/QUOTE]
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