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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Andrew McCabe, post: 3784877, member: 90666&quot;]Series: corn-ear, dolabella, C.VAR, palm branch, crooked staff, staff, wheel, dolphin, spearhead</p><p><br /></p><p>Some notable coins:</p><p>- bull, snake and corn-ear quadrans is ex Glendining (19 Jul.1950) lot 455 Henry Platt Hall coll. ex Glendining 2 (15 Jul.1929) lot 531 and ex Leo Hamburger (19 Oct.1925) lot 203 Niklovitch coll. It&#039;s also struck on a massive flan with large dies and is not an overstrike, hence an early issue</p><p>- corn-ear as, RRC 72/11, is a second century issue, misplaced here by Crawford, see Russo in Essays Hersh</p><p>- the pick-axe / dolabella denarius is ex coll. Frederick Hastings Rindge Collection (1857–1905) collection on loan to Boston Museum of Fine Arts cf. 1902 curator&#039;s report &quot;we have the Frederick Hastings Rindge Collection as a loan, of which 1105 specimens are exhibited, the majority being Roman of the Republican period&quot;. The denarius and quinarius are extremely rare</p><p>- RRC 78/1 staff denarius is a plate coin in Stannard NC 1988 The Hub from Ancient Spain Reconsidered pl.12 who shows the ledge is a result of a collared die, possibly due a repair. My coll. has a second different die 78/1 with same effect showing this to be a technique special to this series (only)</p><p>- corn-ear and crooked staff denarius is extremely rare; the crooked staff may relate to Ulysses and thus to a Mamilius who was a Sicilian quaestor in 207 BC</p><p>- dolabella (2nd series) triens is part of the CN.CO(rnelius dolabella) RRC 81 series whose location nexus confirms to be from Spain, where this coin comes from</p><p>- spearhead up denarius is extremely rare; I&#039;ve shown (proc.INC.2015) that the quinarius along with some RRC 88 bronzes is an issue of Sardinia and not Sicily.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1010664[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1010665[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Crawford 42/2 Quadrans Obv: hd Hercules r Rev: bull prancing r, corn-ear, large flan variety, undoubtedly early issue. Provenance: Vecchi 3 (13 Sept. 1996) lot 78 Fallani coll. ex Spink ex Glendining (19 Jul.1950) lot 455 Henry Platt Hall coll. ex Glendining 2 (15 Jul.1929) lot 531 ex Leo Hamburger (19 Oct.1925) lot 203 Niklovitch coll. via RBW coll.dupl.</p><p>Crawford 42/3 Sextans Obv: hd Mercury r, oo Rev: prow r, ROMA corn-ear above. Provenance: Sternberg XI (20 Nov.1981) lot 431</p><p>Crawford 42/4 Uncia Obv: hd Roma r, o Rev: prow r, corn ear ROMA // o.</p><p>Crawford 42/5 Semuncia Obv: hd Mercury r Rev: prow r, corn-ear. Provenance: R.M. Smythe (David Vagi) Dec.2002</p><p>Crawford 72/11 As Obv: hd Janus Rev: prow r, corn-ear above I before. This is a later second century issue, see Russo in Essays Hersh</p><p>Crawford 73/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, pick-axe or dolabella. Provenance: Malter XXX (7th Jun.1985) lot 1469 Frederick Hastings Rindge Collection (1857–1905) collection on loan to Boston Museum of Fine Arts cf. 1902 curator&#039;s report &quot;we have the Frederick Hastings Rindge Collection as a loan, of which 1105 specimens are exhibited, the majority being Roman of the Republican period&quot;</p><p>Crawford 73/2 Quinarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, pick-axe or dolabella.</p><p>Crawford 74/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r, X Rev: Dioscuri r, C.VAR / ROMA. Provenance: NAC78 (27 May 2014) lot 1619 JD coll. ex Hirsch 101 (8 Oct.1976) lot 3095</p><p>Crawford 76/1d Denarius Obv: hd Roma r, palm branch Rev: Dioscuri r, ROMA. Provenance: CNG43 (24 Sep.1997) lot 1346 Goodman coll. ex Sternberg XXXII (28 Oct.1996) lot 86</p><p>Crawford 76/2 As Obv: hd Janus Rev: prow r, palm branch above. Provenance: Vecchi 3 (13 Sep.1996) lot 191</p><p>Crawford 76/6 Sextans Obv: hd Janus Rev: prow r, palm branch above. Provenance: NAC72 (17 May 2013) lot 1007 JD coll. ex Münzen Medaillen DE 19 (16 May 2006) lot 530 Gibboni coll.</p><p>Crawford 77/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, cornear, drill. Provenance: Ritter FPL 83 Dec.2008 lot 676</p><p>Crawford 78/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r. Rev: Dioscuri r, staff. Provenance: Stannard NC 1988 The Hub from Ancient Spain Reconsidered pl.12 (this coin ill.), showing ledge a result of a collared die</p><p>Crawford 79/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r, X Rev: Dioscuri r, wheel / ROMA. Provenance: NAC78 (27 May 2014) lot 1922 ex Nomisma 34 (28 Apr.2007) lot 102</p><p>Crawford 80/1a Denarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, dolphin. Provenance: CNG43 (24 Sep.1997) lot 1350 Goodman coll. ex Nascia Kunst und Münzen Lugano 27 (18 Apr.1989) lot 1368</p><p>Crawford 80/2 As Obv: hd Janus Rev: prow r, dolphin. Provenance: NAC61 (5 Oct.2011) lot 336 RBW coll. = RBW330</p><p>Crawford 81 variety Triens Obv: hd Minerva r, oooo above Rev: prow r, oooo below, dolabella before, first published by Roberto Russo in Essays Hersh. Provenance: Soler y Llach 6 July 2010 lot 2344</p><p>Crawford 83/1a Victoriatus Obv: hd Jupiter r Rev: Victory + trophy, spearhead. Provenance: Hirsch 167, 26th Sep.1990 lot 657</p><p>Crawford 83/2 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, spearhead up. Provenance: Ritter FPL 83 Dec.2008 lot 679</p><p>Crawford 83/3 Quinarius Obv: hd Roma r, V Rev: Dioscuri r, spearhead up. Provenance: NAC83 (20 May 2015) lot 252 Student Mentor coll. ex Sternberg sale XV (11 Apr.1985) lot 223[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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