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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Andrew McCabe, post: 3785240, member: 90666&quot;]Series: early denarius coinage in gold and silver with related post-semilibral and sextantal bronzes </p><p><br /></p><p>Some notable coins:</p><p>- RRC 41/5 variety struck as (there is no struck as denomination in RRC, but there should be) McCabe group A2 = die Russo, Essays Hersh pl.15,1</p><p>- RRC 41/7 struck triens, McCabe group A2, a wonderfully clear overstrike with glossy enamel like surfaces, over an RRC 38/5 sextans</p><p>- RRC 44/2 gold 60 as: this coin comes from&nbsp; Spink and Galerie des Monnaies (15 Feb.1977) thus its provenance precedes the 1980s Sicilian hoard examples. These coins come in two styles, related to the RRC 50 anchor series and related to the RRC 72 corn-ear series; this is in the latter style and is the 60 as denomination that accompanies the gold 20 as Sicilian corn ear type (there&#039;s no 60 as with corn-ear symbol known)</p><p>- RRC 44/4 gold 20 as: this comes in the other, rarer, style, related to the RRC 50 anchor series</p><p>- RRC 44/5 and 44/6 denarius and quinarius are in the earliest style on especially large flans</p><p>- RRC 56/1 dupondius is extremely rare, most examples coming from one of two hoards found in the 1900s and 1920s. It is ex RBW coll. ex C.Hersh coll. ex Glendining (19 Jul.1950) lot 461 Henry Platt Hall coll. ex Hamburger 96 (25 Oct.1932) lot 273 = Hersh Overstrikes NC 1953 p.53,62d (this coin)</p><p>- RRC 56/2: excepting this and the dupondius, all the other RRC 56 types are McCabe group G1 or G2: notable about the 56/2 are the excellent surfaces, strongly engraved dies and strong strike excepting one flat area. Sometimes the Romans made bronzes to very high standards</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1010752[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1010753[/ATTACH] </p><p>Crawford 41/5 variety McCabe A2 As Obv: hd Janus = die Russo, Essays Hersh pl.15,1 Rev: prow r, oooo, parallel keel lines, Provenance: Titano 2nd series 33 (14 June 2009) lot 83</p><p>Crawford 41/6e McCabe A2 Semis Obv: hd Saturn, S behind, Russo cf.pl16.10 (similar obv die) Rev: prow r, I, parallel keel lines</p><p>Crawford 41/7 McCabe A2 Triens Obv: hd&nbsp; Minerva r, oooo overstruck on Mercury Prow sextans Rev: prow r, oooo, parallel keel lines, overstruck on RRC 38/5 Mercury Prow sextans. Provenance: Astarte 14 (24 Apr.2004) lot 249</p><p>Crawford 41/8 McCabe A2 Quadrans Obv: hd Hercules r, ooo Rev: prow r, ooo. Unrecorded variety with no X on prow, replaced with a dot.</p><p>Crawford 41/9 McCabe A2 Sextans Obv: hd Mercury r, oo Rev: prow r, oo, ROMA over, parallel keel lines, no waves, large flan overstrike rev on obv 38/6 uncia - 38/6 obv truncation visible on rev 4pm value dot visible on rev 2pm.</p><p>Crawford 41/10 McCabe A1 Uncia Obv: hd Roma Attic helmet r, o Rev: prow r, o.</p><p>Crawford 41/11 McCabe A1 Semuncia Obv: hd Mercury r Rev: prow r, ROMA. Provenance: Artemide XXVI (17 Oct.2009) lot 175</p><p>Crawford 44/2 60 As Obv: hd Mars r, LX Rev: eagle thunderbolt, ROMA. Provenance: Antiqua (Steve Rubinger) FPL XV 2009 lot 89 ex Spink and Galerie des Monnaies (15 Feb.1977) lot 424. Note provenance of this coin precedes the 1980s Sicilian hoard examples. This coin is in Sicilian i.e. RRC 72 style</p><p>Crawford 44/4 20 As Obv: hd Mars r, XX Rev: eagle thunderbolt, ROMA. Provenance: Astarte 2009. NB same die pair as Künker 193 lot 348. This coin is in RRC 50 anchor style</p><p>Crawford 44/5 Denarius Obv: hd Roma r, prominent gryphon on helmet, splayed visor Rev: Dioscuri r, ROMA part-incuse. Brinkman group 1. Provenance: RBW coll.</p><p>Crawford 44/6 Quinarius Obv: hd Roma r, prominent gryphon on helmet, splayed visor / V Rev: Dioscuri r, ROMA.</p><p>Crawford 44/7 Sestertius Obv: hd Roma r, IIS, straight visro Rev: Dioscuri r, ROMA. Provenance: Hirsch 298 (7 May 2014) lot 429</p><p>Crawford 56/1 McCabe H2 Dupondius Obv: Minerva overstruck on Janus Rev: prow r, II above, overstrike. C. Hersh, NC 1953, p. 53, 62d (this coin). Provenance: NAC61 (5 Oct.2011) lot 214 RBW coll. = RBW199 ex C.Hersh coll. ex Glendining (19 Jul.1950) lot 461 Henry Platt Hall coll. ex Hamburger 96 (25 Oct.1932) lot 273 (est.125 RM) = Hersh Overstrikes NC 1953 p.53,62d (this coin)</p><p>Crawford 56/2 McCabe D1 As Obv: hd Janus Rev: prow r, I, ROMA. Provenance: Stack&#039;s Bowers 149 (24 April 2009) lot 2137 ex Pegasi 3 (14 Apr.1997) lot 209</p><p>Crawford 56/3 McCabe G1 Semis Obv: hd Saturn r, S Rev: prow r, S, ROMA. Provenance: Baldwin&#039;s retail 1992</p><p>Crawford 56/4 McCabe G2 Triens Obv: hd Minerva r, smaller bust, oooo Rev: prow r, oooo, delineated prowstem that bends back, ROMA.</p><p>Crawford 56/5 McCabe G1 Quadrans Obv: hd Hercules r, ooo Rev: prow r, ooo, ROMA. Provenance: Münzen Medaillen DE 2 (27 Mar.1998) lot 425</p><p>Crawford 56/6 McCabe G1 Sextans Obv: hd Mercury r, oo Rev: prow r, oo, ROMA.</p><p>Crawford 56/7 McCabe G1 Uncia Obv: hd Roma r, o, short thick delineated prowstem Rev: prow r, o, ROMA. Provenance: RBW coll.</p><p>Crawford 56/8 McCabe G1 Semuncia Obv: hd Mercury r Rev: prow r, ROMA above. Provenance: NAC92 (23 May 2016) lot 1548 English Amateur Scholar coll.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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