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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Andrew McCabe, post: 3788677, member: 90666&quot;]Series: aes grave Dioscuri-Mercury with Sickle </p><p>As with the silver types, the Crawford series 25, 26 and 27 made in the 230s and 220s repeat the types of the coins made in the 270s and 260s, sometimes with symbols (sickle in this case). It&#039;s unsurprising but not well known that these later series are usually found in better condition than the earlier ones, witness for example my RRC 25 dolphin/thunderbolt triens here with sickle as compared to the heavily worn coin from RRC 14 above; I would have been delighted to get the RRC 14 in such good condition but the great provenances on the earlier coin show that it is as good as reasonably available. </p><p><br /></p><p>Some notable provenances: </p><p>- Minerva/Venus sickle semis is ex H.C.Levis coll. Naville Ars Classica XI June 1925</p><p>- thunderbolt/dolphin sickle semis is ex Schulman 1949 Drijfhout van Hooff coll.</p><p>- hand/barley grains sickle quadrans is ex Knobloch coll., Stack&#039;s 1978</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1011832[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1011833[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Crawford 25/4 As Obv: Janiform hd Dioscuri, I Rev: hd Mercury l, sickle. Provenance: Münzen Medaillen DE 2 (27 Mar.1998) lot 345</p><p>Crawford 25/5 Semis Obv: hd Minerva l, S below Rev: hd Venus l, S below sickle behind. Provenance: NAC40 (16 May 2007) lot 372 ex NFA XXVIII (23 Apr.1992) lot 962 ex Schulman Coin and Mint 90 (10 Oct.1972) lot 315 ex Rodolpho Ratto Riche coll. (25 Jan 1926) lot 11 (CHF 60) ex Naville Ars Classica XI (18 Jun.1925) lot 18 H.C.Levis coll.</p><p>Crawford 25/6 Triens Obv: thunderbolt, oooo Rev: dolphin, oooo, sickle. Provenance: Schulman 29 March 1949 lot 33 A.H. Drijfhout van Hooff coll.</p><p>Crawford 25/7 Quadrans Obv: right hand facing / ooo / sickle Rev: barley grain / ooo / barley grain. Provenance: Stack&#039;s (3 May 1978) lot 6 Knobloch coll.</p><p>Crawford 25/8 Sextans Obv: scallop shell, oo Rev: caduceus, oo, sickle. Provenance: Rauch MBS 9 (23 Sep.2005) lot 397</p><p>Crawford 25/9 Uncia Obv: knucklebone Rev: sickle, o. Provenance: NAC 9 (16 Apr. 1996) lot 460[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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