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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Andrew McCabe, post: 3785016, member: 90666&quot;]Series: Victory, rostrum tridens, Sardinia C, MA, AVR, Sicily KA or IC, corn-ear </p><p><br /></p><p>Some notable coins:</p><p>- Sardinian C and MA semisses, both extremely rare</p><p>- corn ear and KA as, extremely rare</p><p>- early rostrum tridens denarius, very rare and ex Bastianelli (1969, oft cited by M.H. Crawford in RRC) and E.E. Clain Stefanelli collections</p><p>- corn-ear semis RRC 72/5, very rare and clearly part of the post-semilibral coinage RRC 42 by size and quality of die engraving</p><p>- the Sicilian gold 20 as is same type as Professor T.V. Buttrey discovered under a burnt roof tile in Morgantina in 1959 and used to conclude that the denarius issue started in 212 BC because the building burnt down 211 BC, see my next post.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1010698[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1010699[/ATTACH] </p><p>Crawford 61/4 Triens Obv: hd Minerva r Rev: prow r, victory. Provenance: Peus 355, 27 Apr.1998 lot 197 ex Grandt-Nielsen ex Paul Proschowsky ex Numismatisk Forening 9th October 1957 lot 9 (per tickets)</p><p>Crawford 61/6 Sextans Obv: hd Mercury r. / oo Rev: prow r. / Victory / ROMA / oo. Provenance: NAC92 (23 May 2016) lot 1551 English Amateur Scholar coll. ex Baranowsky FPL 1Q 1998 lot 112</p><p>Crawford 62/1 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r / X Rev: Dioscuri r / rostrum tridens / ROMA, extremely rare early Rostrum tridens. Provenance: E.E. Clain-Stefanelli coll. ex Giuseppe de Falco FPL 83 (Dec.1969) lot 240 Bastianelli coll.</p><p>Crawford 63/3 Semis Obv: hd Saturn r, S Rev: prow r, S, C before.</p><p>Crawford 63/6 Sextans Obv: hd Mercury r Rev: prow r, C, struck on Tanit / Bull star above, cf Charles Hersh NC 1953, p.40 no.17. Provenance: NAC92 (23 May 2016) lot 1553 English Amateur Scholar coll.</p><p>Crawford 64/1 Quinarius Obv: hd Roma r, V Rev: Dioscuri r, MA. Provenance: RBW coll.dupl.</p><p>Crawford 64/6c Sextans Obv: hd Mercury r Rev: prow r, ROMA / MA / oo. Extremely rare with horizontal mintmark</p><p>Crawford 65/3 Semis Obv: hd Saturn r, S Rev: prow r, S, AVR. Provenance: NAC9 (16 Apr.1996) lot 574</p><p>Crawford 65/6 Sextans Obv: hd Mercury r Rev: prow r, AVR, unclear undertype. Provenance: CNG24 (9 Dec.1992) lot 385</p><p>Crawford 68/2a Quinarius Obv: hd Roma r, V Rev: Dioscuri r, corn-ear. Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb (9 Apr.2008) lot 292</p><p>Crawford 69/2b As Obv: hd Janus Rev: prow r. / corn-ear I / C / ROMA . Provenance: Peus 416 (28 Apr.2016) lot 157</p><p>Crawford 69/3a Semis Obv: hd Saturn r, S Rev: prow r, cornear, S / KA / ROMA. Provenance: Triton 1 (2 Dec.1997) lot 904 Goodman coll.</p><p>Crawford 69/4a Triens Obv: hd Minerva r, oooo Rev: prow r, cornear, KA. Provenance: Baldwin&#039;s 31 (14 Oct.2002) lot 92 </p><p>Crawford 69/6b Sextans Obv: hd Mercury r, oo Rev: prow r, cornear, IC before. Provenance: Tkalec Bombarda coll. (8 Sep.2008) lot 226</p><p>Crawford 72/1 Victoriatus Obv: hd Jupiter r Rev: Victory &amp; trophy, corn-ear. No greaves on trophy.. Provenance: Vecchi 2 (12 Dec.1996) lot 695</p><p>Crawford 72/2 20 As Obv: hd Mars r, XX Rev: eagle thunderbolt, ROMA, cornear at 7pm. Provenance: NAC54 (24 Mar.2010) lot 154</p><p>Crawford 72/3 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, corn-ear. Provenance: Ivar Gault coll. (Ostfold) ex CNG e250 (23 Feb. 2011) lot 250 ex Bank Leu &amp; Spink &amp; NAC Ceresio 3 (3 Oct.1992) lot 154</p><p>Crawford 72/4 Quinarius Obv: hd Roma r Rev: Dioscuri r, corn-ear. Provenance: Hirsch 179 (21 Sep.1993) lot 735</p><p>Crawford 72/5 Semis Obv: hd Saturn r, S Rev: prow r, corn-ear ROMA // S below. Provenance: NAC 100 lot 198 ex Nomisma 22 (24 Sep.2002) lot 62</p><p>Crawford 72/6 Triens Obv: hd Minerva r, oooo Rev: prow r, corn-ear above oooo below. Provenance: CNG63 (21 May 2003) lot 1119 ex CGB 13 (13 Jul.2001) lot 2[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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