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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 5254979, member: 75525&quot;]The year of the pandemic impacted most of us. I traveled less and watched more online auctions and zoom coin club meetings. My list is weighted on the scale weight and cast bronze side of my collection.&nbsp; My top 10 acquisitions are below.</p><p><br /></p><p>My wife and I visited the NYINC in January, and pretty much stayed home after that. I found one or two items worthy of my top 10 list while there. I became a member of the ANS and was able to visit their offices and see some neat cast bronze coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>In March I attended the Houston Spring Coin Show and found 2 items worthy of my top 10. It was the last show with ancient coin dealers this year.</p><p><br /></p><p>10.&nbsp; P. Satrienus Denarius&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219339[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1219340[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219332[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic, AR denarius, 77 BC, Rome mint, P. Satrienus.</p><p>Obv - Helmeted head of young Mars right, counter mark XXVIII to left</p><p>Rev - She-wolf walking left, paw raised; Above – ROMA; In Ex – P.SARRIE / [NVS]</p><p>VF+, Well centered on a flan smaller than design, good strike, toned.</p><p>3.98 grams, 17.8 mm, 6 h</p><p>Purchased from Nilus on 3/13/2020, ex Victor England</p><p>Crawford - 388/1b; 101obv / 113 rev dies</p><p>Grueber – Rome 3209</p><p>Sydenham – 781a</p><p>RSC / Bab - Satriena 1</p><p>RBW 1422</p><p><br /></p><p>9.&nbsp; &nbsp; Coin weights from Old LRB Coins</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219333[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1219334[/ATTACH]</p><p>These weights were for checking the weight of gold Solidi or Semissis. I checked the weights vs several coins in my collection and found both Semissis weights balanced well with a Byzantine coin I bought recently.</p><p><br /></p><p>8.&nbsp; &nbsp; Half Libra Square Byzantine Scale Weight</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219341[/ATTACH]</p><p>Square Byzantine Commercial Scale Weight, Bronze</p><p>Six Uncia or half a Roman pound / Libra / As</p><p>Obv - Γ S on either side of a cross, inscriptions are inside a wreath, the top corners have two petal flowers</p><p>Rev – blank back has either weight adjustment marks, graffiti or scratches</p><p>161.33 grams</p><p>Similar to Bendall 58</p><p><br /></p><p>7.&nbsp;&nbsp; Bull / Wheel cast Semis</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219342[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1219344[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roma/Wheel series. AE Cast Semis, c. 230 BC.</p><p>Obv - Bull leaping left; S below.</p><p>Rev - Wheel of six spokes; between two spokes, S.</p><p>99.8 grams, 50.0 mm, die rotation 00</p><p>Grade – VF, well centered, nice casting with good features, wheel on reverse is low profile, no flan flaws, typical style; patina - light tan, the patina color &amp; fine surface irregularities make seeing and photographing features hard; no damage;</p><p>Cr. 24/4; 265 to 242 BC; Wt Std = 270</p><p>BMC Greek Italy; Pg 54, Central Italy #5 &amp; #6</p><p>Haeberline; Pg 59 - 60, 70 examples, 104.3 to 171.2 grams; Pl 25, 1-7</p><p>HNI, 327</p><p>Sear: 535</p><p>RBW, 34&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>Sydenham CRR = 60; Syd AG = 87</p><p>T &amp; V, 32; 269 to 240 BC</p><p>Vecchi, ICC, 67</p><p>Garrucci, Table XL, #1; Pg 21, Wt = 4 ounce + 18 den = 133.2 grams&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>Note: Vendor called the coin “Rare”. I found 70 examples in Haeberline, 13 examples in the ANS web site CRRO and another 24 from various places in books and on the web.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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