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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 4114853, member: 74282&quot;]Here are a couple related issues I neglected to post last night in my tired state:</p><p><br /></p><p>This Denarius is the fully-anonymous(i.e. no mintmark) sibling of the one above, also from Sicily(1)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1067616[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic AR Denarius(3.36g, 5h), anonymous(uninscribed corn-ear series), 211-195 B.C., Sicilian mint. Helmeted head of Roma right with &quot;spike&quot; on rear of helmet; behind, X / The Dioscuri galloping right; below, ROMA in linear frame. Crawford 68/1b; Sydenham 191</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This quinarius is the mintmarked variety from Sicily(2).&nbsp; Note a very different obverse helmet and bust style. In particular the gryphon Tufts are just small triangles rather than one large spike</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1067617[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic AR quinarius(15mm, 2.05g, 11h). Anonymous, wheat-ear/corn-ear series, ca. 211-210 B.C., Sicilian mint. Helmeted head of Roma right, V behind / The Dioscuri riding right, each holds a spear; wheat-ear/corn-ear below; in linear frame, ROMA. Crawford 72/4; Sydenham 194</p><p>Ex RBW Collection, Agora 73, 3/27/2018, lot 206, privately purchased from Dmitry Markov, 9/9/1994</p><p><br /></p><p>And finally a corn-ear uncia I recently purchased. This issue is a little earlier than these silver issues, and possibly from a different mint than either one, and is probably related to the operations around the Siege of Syracuse.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1067623[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic Æ Uncia(20.43 mm, 6.35 g, 7 h). Corn-ear(grain-ear) series. 214-212 B.C. Sicilian mint. Helmeted head of Mars right; behind, • / Prow of galley right; ROMA and grain ear above; below, •. Crawford 42/4; Sydenham -</p><p>Ex Old Pueblo Coin, Tucson AZ, eBay, Feb 2020, ex Agora 68, 15 Aug 2017, lot 149, ex RBW Collection, ex Lanz 40, 25 May 1987[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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