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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 6063213, member: 110226&quot;]And now, entering stage left, is a cast bronze from Apulia, a most singularly chunky Uncia, weighing 45.7 grams, while measuring only 30 mm in diameter.&nbsp; This coin is quite round with a pronounced vertically to it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I sporadically collect cast bronze coinage.&nbsp; My efforts to add a coin to this part of the collection have been challenged due to the high demand and high prices for nice cast coinage of Rome and surrounding regions.&nbsp; Never really inexpensive at any time, prices appear to be surging in this area.</p><p><br /></p><p>Getting back to this coin, it is, I think, a great example of what Doug Smith calls Wabi-Sabi.&nbsp; What was originally a bronze coin of a bright golden brown color when it emerged from the mint has now acquired a beautiful, thick green patina, with earthen deposits scattered across both sides.&nbsp; This coin is saying &quot;I am really old.&nbsp; Where&#039;s my Social Security benefit?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Apulia, for those who may not be familiar with its geographical location, is the region forming the section of Italy&#039;s heel.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.google.com/maps/vt/data=C73UtNDJXrTRpVofraxXHKuJ6YH0TjFPMSEge-pcsMNZ0fSi4t82jl_emGgtsEH7CA8u0qGqSykzLh2e0M3_xyQvmqXrl1JMUDfabjsktGa5GbczFBC65H7Da2sWa6qMQOMcsYIw1eLhwPEbLzqnv2b8j7JRXvkAk2Qas-lfFf817bzO-6t5uz5tKLdGpFVVRejmiKZxIVyOHHSd0wf7b8ijU5do_SVVIIBdkiy2it3I9NhG4ECHqfVPow7HbyNj1CNgcDjwjNgTYZk4hgpZVarjojtKTTNZ65EQ0kG_Znj0i2p0d_39Aaa30IRSV8XQTBGNUo4&amp;w=226&amp;h=153" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This region of Italy, rich in agriculture, especially olive production, was first colonized by Bronze Age Mycenean Greeks.&nbsp; Over the ensuing centuries the region was, at one time occupied, partially, by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim" rel="nofollow">Muslim</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saracens" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saracens" rel="nofollow">Saracens</a> who established the brief <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirate_of_Bari" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirate_of_Bari" rel="nofollow">Emirate of Bari</a>.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Apulia, Luceria Æ Uncia. Circa 225-217 BC. Frog / Corn-ear; • in field. HN Italy 674; ICC 342; Haeberlin p. 184-185, 1-56 pls. 71, 3-6 and 95, 7. 45.70g, 30mm.</p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1244671[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was acquired from Roma Numismatics in their December 2020 E-Sale 78, lot 150.&nbsp; It seems to have been sold previously, by Ars Coin Wien, for €500.&nbsp; When this sale occurred, I cannot say with any accuracy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please feel free to post anything you wish.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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