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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2389095, member: 75525&quot;]Two recent purchases that may have been minted by brothers (according to Crawford).</p><p>Look at the pic on the lower right and tell me what you think you see. I do not see 4 dots like described in my references and by NAC in Auction 78 # 396, the JD collection. I looked several pages before and after this coin in Crawford and found only one Triens with something other than 4 dots in front of the prow, Cr 206/4, which has a dolphin in front of all bronze prows. Did the celator use the symbol of an As, I, and then add feathering to change the look?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]490600[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]490601[/ATTACH] </p><p>on right Cr 173/3 - </p><p>Triens circa 169-158, Æ 21.5mm., 7.34g. Weight standard based on as of 31.5 grams.</p><p>Obv - Helmeted head of Minerva, [above, four pellets]</p><p>Rev. Prow r.; above, C·SAX ligate and before, four pellets. Below ROMA.</p><p>Babelon Clovia ?. Sydenham 360b. Crawford 173/3.</p><p>Rare. Brown tone, minor areas of weakness, otherwise Good Very Fine</p><p>Ex NAC sale R, 2007, 1280 and ex NAC sale 78, 2014, 396. From the JD collection.</p><p>Crawford notes the design of the of the prow uses two straight lines with dots on the top line like a railing. This feature starts with Cr 173 and continues to Cr 178. Cr 179, Cr 180 and onward have an additional feature.</p><p>This coin looks like it has a palm frond or feather in front of the prow instead of the normal 4 dots??</p><p><br /></p><p>on left Cr 180/3 - </p><p>SAX, Likely a younger brother of C. (Cluvius) Sax(ula), Cr.173.</p><p>Triens circa 169-158, Æ 23.8mm., 12.7g. Weight standard based on as of 31.5 grams.</p><p>Obv - Helmeted head of Minerva, above four pellets</p><p>Rev. Prow r.; above, SAX ligate and before, four pellets. Below ROMA.</p><p>Babelon Clovia ?; Sydenham 361d; Crawford 180/3.</p><p>Rare. Brown tone, well centered, Very Fine[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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