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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3790095, member: 85693&quot;]Thank you, Andrew.&nbsp; And now, to violate my pledge not to bring down the high class neighborhood of your thread with my ugly coins, here is my SAX, and an &quot;enhanced&quot; version of the reverse to show my interpretation of what I am seeing (corrections always welcome).&nbsp; One thing (the only thing) going for this coin is that casting sprue on the right - it is so sharp it could cut your finger!</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, thank you for putting all that information out there for amateurs like me to burnish their uglies with correct attributions! </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1012391[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1012392[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Roman</b> <b>Republic&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ As</b></p><p><b>(Cluvius) Saxula</b></p><p><b>(c. 169-158 B.C.) </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>Laureate head of Janus, I above / Prow of galley right with raised, table-shaped deck structure, I before, SIX (ligature) above, ROMA below.</p><p>Crawford 180/1.</p><p>(29.57 grams / 32 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;...RRC 180 SAX and RRC 173 C.SAX bronzes are prone to confusion...On SAX the deck structure is always raised and table-shaped. On C.SAX there is no raised deck structure, instead the line of the deck is interrupted by two dots, symbolising the deck structure.&quot;</p><p>Andrew McCabe website[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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