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<p>[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 2617847, member: 44183"]<span style="color: #0000ff">Andres => here are the CNG seller notes on my humble example ... </span></p><p><br /></p><p> <b><span style="color: #ff0000">Roman Republic</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Post Reform Æ Semis (Anonymous)</span></b></p><p>Circa 88 BC (?)</p><p>Rome mint</p><p>Diameter: <font size="5">21mm</font></p><p>Weight: <font size="5">5.96 grams</font></p><p>Obverse: Laureate head of Jupiter right; S (mark of value) behind</p><p>Reverse: Prow of galley right; S (mark of value) above; to right, dolphin downward, ROMA in exergue</p><p>Reference: Crawford –; Sydenham –; BMCRR II, p. 589, 10</p><p>Other: 2h, Near VF, dark green patina. Rare</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the British Museum catalog: “The date of issue of this coin is doubtful. It is of the semiuncial standard, and corresponds in work and style to similar pieces also with symbols which Count de Salis has assigned to B.C. 88, i.e., after the passing of the Lex Papiria ...”</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Ummm, I can't quite recall who made the following comment ... but it was made (thanks for the input, coin-gang => I like you guys)</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #b30059"><i>Edit: I think Steve's dolphin semis is unofficial. See #66 of Crawford's "Unofficial imitations and small change under the Roman Republic" AIIN 29, 1982. The orientation of the dolphin is reversed from Crawford's official Dolphin Series 80 (for which Crawford lists no semis). The dolphin orientation matches the unnoficial semis #66 from the above article.</i></span></p><p><span style="color: #b30059"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #b30059"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #b30059"><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ae-semis-jpg.573708/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #b30059"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #b30059"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Hey => ummm, I'm certainly <font size="6">not</font> lookin' for more "likes" ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=> I'm just tryin' to answer my coin-friend's question</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">I hope that you're having a sweet Hump-day!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 2617847, member: 44183"][COLOR=#0000ff]Andres => here are the CNG seller notes on my humble example ... [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#ff0000]Roman Republic Post Reform Æ Semis (Anonymous)[/COLOR][/B] Circa 88 BC (?) Rome mint Diameter: [SIZE=5]21mm[/SIZE] Weight: [SIZE=5]5.96 grams[/SIZE] Obverse: Laureate head of Jupiter right; S (mark of value) behind Reverse: Prow of galley right; S (mark of value) above; to right, dolphin downward, ROMA in exergue Reference: Crawford –; Sydenham –; BMCRR II, p. 589, 10 Other: 2h, Near VF, dark green patina. Rare [I]From the British Museum catalog: “The date of issue of this coin is doubtful. It is of the semiuncial standard, and corresponds in work and style to similar pieces also with symbols which Count de Salis has assigned to B.C. 88, i.e., after the passing of the Lex Papiria ...” [/I] [COLOR=#0000ff]Ummm, I can't quite recall who made the following comment ... but it was made (thanks for the input, coin-gang => I like you guys)[/COLOR] [COLOR=#b30059][I]Edit: I think Steve's dolphin semis is unofficial. See #66 of Crawford's "Unofficial imitations and small change under the Roman Republic" AIIN 29, 1982. The orientation of the dolphin is reversed from Crawford's official Dolphin Series 80 (for which Crawford lists no semis). The dolphin orientation matches the unnoficial semis #66 from the above article.[/I] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ae-semis-jpg.573708/[/IMG] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]Hey => ummm, I'm certainly [SIZE=6]not[/SIZE] lookin' for more "likes" ... => I'm just tryin' to answer my coin-friend's question I hope that you're having a sweet Hump-day!! [/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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