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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Andrew McCabe, post: 3785388, member: 90666&quot;]Series: early Roman didrachm and litra struck silver and bronze coinage</p><p><br /></p><p>Some notable coins:</p><p>- RRC 1/1 (&#039;nuff said)</p><p>- RRC 16 variety with lion left rather than right: no known examples outside Italian museums and none known of by M.H. Crawford; possibly ex the 1854 Vicarello hoard which was widely dispersed, with a few lion left examples </p><p>- RRC 20 wolf and twins didrachm ex Pierre Egbers coll. (Creusy Nov.2014) comes from Adolph Cahn 80 (27 Feb.1933)</p><p>- RRC 22 Victory didrachm ex Stack&#039;s 1971: I have a 19th century electrotype of this coin that may be ex Ashmolean suggesting it may be an ex Oxford coin</p><p>- RRC 23 Roma [sic] / Eagle bronze: see article I wrote with Andrew Burnett that included a die study of this series. There are varying obverse symbols, a nice clear prow behind the helmet on this coin</p><p>- the two drachms, Mars/Horsehead sickle, and Apollo/Horse, are very and extremely rare respectively</p><p>- the tiny Diana/dog bronze is ex William Boyd coll. (1840-1906)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1010790[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1010791[/ATTACH] </p><p>Crawford 1/1 bronze Obv: hd Apollo r Rev: forepart of man-headed bull r, 8 pointed star on flank, ΡΩΜΑΙΩΝ above.</p><p>Crawford 13/1 Didrachm Obv: hd Mars l, oak leaf behind Rev: horse hd r, ROMANO on tablet, corn-ear. Provenance: Künker 280 (26 Sep.2016) lot 307 Hannelore Scheiner coll. ex Lanz 40 (25 May 1987) lot 455</p><p>Crawford 15/1b Didrachm Obv: hd Apollo l, ROMANO Rev: horse r, star of 8 points. Provenance: NAC72 (16 May 2013) lot 955 JD coll. ex Münzen und Medaillen Basel FPL 359 (Aug.1974) lot 23</p><p>Crawford 16/1a Dilitra Obv: female hd r Rev: lion r holding spear in mouth, ROMANO.</p><p>Crawford 16/1b Dilitra Obv: female hd left, rarer variety Rev: lion r holding spear in mouth, ROMANO. Provenance: Joel Malter September 5, 1969</p><p>Crawford 16/1 variety Dilitra Obv: female hd r Rev: lion LEFT ROMANO, possibly ex-1854 Vicarello hoard, no known examples outside Italian museum.</p><p>Crawford 17/1g Litra Obv: hd Minerva r, behind star, around ROMANO counterclockwise Rev: horsehead l, around ROMANO clockwise.</p><p>Crawford 20/1 Didrachm Obv: hd Hercules r Rev: wolf and twins, ROMANO. Provenance: Joel Creusy - Pierre Egbers coll. (26 Nov.2014) lot 73 ex Adolph Cahn 80 (27 Feb.1933) lot 529</p><p>Crawford 22/1 Didrachm Obv: hd Diana r, vine leaf Rev: Victory stg r, palm, wreath, MM / ROMANO. Provenance: Stack&#039;s June 14 1971 lot 62 to Southern California S.C. coll. ex Ashmolean Museum (uncertain deacquisition date) accompanied by an electrotype before 1950 of same coin marked A on edge for Ashmolean</p><p>Crawford 23/1 Dilitra Obv: hd Minerva l ROMANO, plough behind Rev: eagle thunderbolt sword.</p><p>Crawford 25/1 Didrachm Obv: hd Mars r Rev: horsehead r, sickle / ROMA. Provenance: Spink Numismatic Circular May 1984 lot 2621 (£950) ex Auctiones 12 (29 Sep.1981) lot 259 ex Stack&#039;s Knobloch coll. (3 May 1978) lot 31</p><p>Crawford 25/2 Drachm Obv: hd Mars r Rev: horsehead r, sickle / ROMA. Provenance: NAC61 (5 Oct.2011) lot 81 RBW coll. =RBW39 ex Frank Kovacs MBS 2 (30 May 1980) lot 159</p><p>Crawford 25/3 Litra Obv: hd Mars r Rev: horsehead r, sickle. Provenance: Aes Rude Titano 42 (29 Sep. 1990) lot 46</p><p>Crawford 26/1 Didrachm Obv: hd Apollo r Rev: horse prancing l. Provenance: NAC72 (16 May 2013) lot 400 (CHF 1100) JD coll. ex Astarte 5 (29 Oct.1999) lot 393</p><p>Crawford 26/2 Drachm Obv: hd Apollo r Rev: horse prancing l, ROMA.</p><p>Crawford 26/3 Litra Obv: hd Apollo r Rev: horse prancing l. Provenance: RBW coll. ex Tom Cederlind 31 Apr. 1992 ex Baldwin July 1958</p><p>Crawford 26/4 Half Litra Obv: hd Diana r Rev: dog r, ROMA. Provenance: Baldwin&#039;s 42 (26 Dec.2005) lot 16 (part) William Boyd coll. (1840-1906)</p><p>Crawford 27/1 Didrachm Obv: hd Mars r, club behind Rev: horse galloping r, club above, ROMA below. Provenance: Triton XIV (4 Jan.2011) lot 565 ex CNG75 (23rd May 2007) lot 892 ex CGB 24 (24 Jun.2005) lot 162</p><p>Crawford 27/3 Double Litra Obv: hd Hercules r, club Rev: Pegasus r, club.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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