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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Andrew McCabe, post: 3781890, member: 90666&quot;]Early coins of Luceria, and of a mint near Herdonia, from 214 BC to 211 BC</p><p><br /></p><p>Some notable coins:</p><p>- first nine coins from Luceria itself, with an early (214-213 BC) and slightly later (213-211BC) bronze series, an arrangement that differs from Crawford</p><p>- next six coins from a parallel mint, likely somewhere near Herdonia, in same period, with early (214-213 BC) likely the coins with L-T mintmarks and slightly later (213-211BC) likely with L mintmark only</p><p>- final two coins, dextans and quincunx, belong to Luceria itself, now of lighter series (for remaining coins of this series see my prior tray posted)</p><p>- note uncia and semuncia on first row have same reverse die (for a semuncia) matched with a large uncia die or smaller semuncia die! several examples are known of both denominations from these die combinations so seems to have been a deliberate use of an unmarked prow die on both denominations</p><p>- second row triens is overstruck on a semilibral sextans</p><p>- RRC 98 sestertius third row is extremely rare. Tho the style seems crude, it exactly matches the engraving style of the related bronzes, see the adjacent triens</p><p>- two extremely rare coins with L-T mintmarks end of third row, sextans type having Dioscuri type reverse</p><p>- Mercury head quadrantes from the &quot;near Herdonia&quot; mint, fourth coin on third row (with L-T mintmark) and first coin on fourth row (with L mintmark), latter being a plate coin in Hersh 1987 overstrikes article</p><p>- Dextans and Quincunx (latter extremely rare) end of fourth row are linked by engraving style of obverses to the main Luceria mint rather than the subsidiary (L-T) mint</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1010058[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1010059[/ATTACH]</p><p>Crawford 97/1a Victoriatus Obv: hd Jupiter r Rev: Victory + trophy, L / ROMA. Provenance: Leu Numismatik 1 (25 Oct.2017) lot 137 (CHF 500) Yves Gunzenreiner coll. ex Swiss private collection banked at Lugano since early 1980s.</p><p>Crawford 97/2 Quinarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, L. Provenance: Hirsch 179, 21st Sep.1993 lot 737</p><p>Crawford 43/4 Sextans Obv: hd Minerva r Rev: prow r / ROMA // oLo. Provenance:&nbsp; Tkalec Bombarda coll. (29 Feb.2008) lot 348.</p><p>Crawford 43/5 variant Uncia Obv: hd Roma r / o Rev: prow r, style of RRC 43 Luceria without mintmark, earliest issue. CF BMCRR 168 = Ghey-Leins-Crawford 43.6.3 (where noted as variety lacking exergue mark) same reverse die. Provenance: Spink ex Negrini 5 (17 Apr.1997) lot 133</p><p>Crawford 43/6 variant Semuncia Obv: hd Minerva r Rev: prow r, style of RRC 43 Luceria without mintmark, earliest issue. CF BMCRR 168 = Ghey-Leins-Crawford 43.6.3 (where noted as variety lacking exergue mark). </p><p>Crawford 43/3 Triens Obv: hd Minerva r, L behind, oooo Rev: prow r, oooo, ROMA. Overstruck on a semlibral sextans Cr.38/5. Provenance: Southern California Collection before 1980</p><p>Crawford 97/5 Quadrans Obv: hd Hercules r, ooo below Rev: prow r, ROMA above, ooo below, L before.</p><p>Crawford 97/6 Sextans Obv: hd Mercury r, oo Rev: prow r, ROMA above, oLo below. Provenance: NAC7 (1 Mar.1994) lot 478</p><p>Crawford 43/5 Uncia Obv: hd Roma r, o Rev: prow r, o, L. Provenance: Vecchi 17 (15 Dec.1999) lot 644 ex Baldwin&#039;s 7 (2 May 1996) lot 243</p><p>Crawford 98/A1a Victoriatus Obv: hd Jupiter r, L under Rev: Victory + trophy, T between. Provenance: Nicolas coll. Leu 17 (3 May 1977) lot 52</p><p>Crawford 43/3 Triens Obv: hd Minerva r, L before below chin, oooo Rev: prow r, oooo, ROMA.</p><p>Crawford 98/A5 Quadrans Obv: hd Mercury r, oo-o around wing, L below Rev: prow r, Luceria style with mariners within fighting platform, ROMA / T / ooo.</p><p>Crawford 98/A6 Sextans Obv: hd Minerva r, oo below, L before Rev: Dioscuri r, T, ROMA. Provenance: Münzen Medaillen DE 19 (16 May 2006) lot 598 Gibboni coll. ex Herakles FPL Dec.2003 (RWS)</p><p>Crawford 98/A3 Quinarius Obv: hd Roma r with Phrygian helmet, L below. Note distinctive toothed visor.&nbsp; Rev: Dioscuri r, ROMA. Provenance: H.J.Berk 15 May 1994</p><p>Crawford 98/A4 Sestertius Obv: hd Roma r with Phrygian helmet, L below. Note distinctive toothed visor.&nbsp; Rev: Dioscuri r, ROMA. Unlike any other known sestertius, style akin to bronzes of Luceria. Key hidden design fingerprints eg toothed visor, show this is a regular issue but by different die-cutter. </p><p>Crawford 97/13d Quadrans Obv: hd Mercury r o-oo value mark. Overstruck on semilibral uncia with Roma helmet crest visible. Rev: prow r, ooo, typical die break through superstructure. Provenance: Triton 1 (2 Dec.1997) lot 936 Goodman coll. ex Crédit Suisse SKA Bern FPL 45 (April 1985) lot 95 = Hersh ANSMN 32 (1987) Overstrikes 27b (this coin).</p><p>Crawford 97-6a Sextans Obv: hd Mercury r, oo, L below head Rev: prow r, ROMA above, oo below.</p><p>Crawford 97/7b Uncia Obv: hd Roma Phrygian helmet, L under Rev: prow r, ROMA // o.</p><p>Crawford 97/16 Dextans Obv: hd Ceres r, corn wreathed Rev: Victory + quad r, L above ROMA below, Soooo exergue. Provenance: Tkalec Bombarda coll. (29 Feb.2008) lot 368 (CHF 3300)</p><p>Crawford 97/11 Quincunx Obv: hd Apollo r, L Rev: Dioscuri r, ROMA, ooooo. Provenance: NAC78 (27 May 2014) lot 1626 JD coll. ex Münzzentrum Albrecht XXX (21 Nov.1977)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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