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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 3945159, member: 75525&quot;]6.&nbsp; &nbsp; This coin is a Hercules / Prow Quadrans that was struck over a Roma, left / Prow, right Semilibral Uncia.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1039753[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1039754[/ATTACH]</p><p>AE Quadrans, (The seller said Staff series Cr 106/7. When I posted the coin here, our RR expert A McC said Cr 56/6), after 211 BC, Rome.</p><p>Obv – The top coin: Head of Hercules right, wearing lion&#039;s skin; behind, three pellets. The bottom coin: Head of Roma left, behind 1 pellet.</p><p>Rev - Prow of galley right, ROMA above, 3 pellets below.</p><p>This coin is #43 in Crawford&#039;s list of overstruck coins – Cr 56/6 over Cr 38/6. Also in Crawford&#039;s list, #99, is Cr 106/7 over Cr 38/6.</p><p><br /></p><p>5.&nbsp; &nbsp; Romano - Byzantine Scale Weight</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1039755[/ATTACH]</p><p>Romano - Byzantine One Pound Commercial Weight, 4th-6th centuries. Æ</p><p>Obv - Cross flanked by ÎA (some say Î is LI in ligature = one Roman pound or Libra); all within wreath.&nbsp; </p><p>Rev - Blank.</p><p>Cf. Bendall 51.</p><p>VF, green-brown surfaces, a few scrapes.</p><p>56x56mm,</p><p>323.8 g</p><p><br /></p><p>4.&nbsp; &nbsp; Voting on Roman coins - I have had a RR denarius with voting on the reverse for several years. In 2019, I added three more. The two coins on the left are 4a &amp; 4b.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1039758[/ATTACH]</p><p>Clockwise from top left:</p><p>C. Cassius Longinus, 126BC, Cr 266/1;</p><p>P. Licinius Nerva, 113BC, Cr 292/1;</p><p>Lucius Cassius Longinus, 63 BC, Cr 413/1;</p><p>C. Cassius Longinus, 55 BC, Cr 428/1</p><p><br /></p><p>3.&nbsp; &nbsp; Roma Wheel Aes Grave As</p><p>In most years, this would be my top coin. It is has high relief and is well preserved.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1039759[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1039760[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1039761[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republican AE Cast As, Roma/Wheel series, Rome, c. 265-242 BC.</p><p>Obv - Head of Roma right, wearing Phrygian helmet with pinnate crest; behind, mark of value I, set horizontally.</p><p>Rev - Six-spoked wheel; between two spokes, I.</p><p>Cr, RRC&nbsp; </p><p>204.48 grams - a very light example</p><p>66.0 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp; In 2019 I dived deep into Roman scale weights. The highlight was a barrel weight with silver inlayed AA. The one pound Roman weight (= Libra or As) was part of the 10 piece lot shown below.</p><p>This weight is a few centuries older than the Libra, #5 above. The cross was probably not used on official weights when the AA barrel weight was made.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1039762[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1039763[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman and Byzantine weights:</p><p>According to Bendall, two of the weights are Roman and 8 of the weights are late Roman to early Byzantine. The earlier weights indicate denominations in VNCIA (ounces). The later weights use Greek letters and monograms. </p><p>Denominations: 1/8th uncia (ounce) to one Libra (Roman pound).</p><p>૪ = OY in monogram, OY is an abbreviation for ΟΥΝΓΓΙΑ (UNCIA or ounce).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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