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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7754091, member: 99456"]Here's an "uncia" with a sestertius - both Hadrian, I had written down that this was 1/12 of an As, which would seem to make sense with a quadrans in the 4g neighborhood. Some or all of these small bronzes may be from the mint of Antioch in Syria. There was apparently a metalurgical analysis that showed the metal was closer to that of coins minted in Rome than provincial coins.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1328214[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Hadrian, </b>117-138 AD, Æ Uncia (9.6mm, 0.95g)</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Laureate head right</p><p><b>Rev: </b>S C in wreath</p><p><b>Ref:</b> RIC II 629b</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1328211[/ATTACH]</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/uncia-hadrian-jpg.990463/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>and a little coin from ~4 centuries earlier from Bruttium - which I also don't know how to name properly? Æ Onkia?[ATTACH=full]1328212[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Bruttium, Rhegion</b>, circa 450-425 BC, Æ, 12.5mm, 1.12g</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Lion head</p><p><b>Rev:</b> R-E; sprig of leaves between, all in a circle of dots[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7754091, member: 99456"]Here's an "uncia" with a sestertius - both Hadrian, I had written down that this was 1/12 of an As, which would seem to make sense with a quadrans in the 4g neighborhood. Some or all of these small bronzes may be from the mint of Antioch in Syria. There was apparently a metalurgical analysis that showed the metal was closer to that of coins minted in Rome than provincial coins. [ATTACH=full]1328214[/ATTACH] [B]Hadrian, [/B]117-138 AD, Æ Uncia (9.6mm, 0.95g) [B]Obv:[/B] Laureate head right [B]Rev: [/B]S C in wreath [B]Ref:[/B] RIC II 629b [ATTACH=full]1328211[/ATTACH] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/uncia-hadrian-jpg.990463/[/IMG] and a little coin from ~4 centuries earlier from Bruttium - which I also don't know how to name properly? Æ Onkia?[ATTACH=full]1328212[/ATTACH] [B]Bruttium, Rhegion[/B], circa 450-425 BC, Æ, 12.5mm, 1.12g [B]Obv:[/B] Lion head [B]Rev:[/B] R-E; sprig of leaves between, all in a circle of dots[/QUOTE]
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