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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7566960, member: 85693"]This turned out to be a lucky eBay find (it was advertised as "Greek"). Apparently this is a late-period Roman Republic uncia issued by M. Herennius (who issued denarii at that time), 108-107 B.C. </p><p><br /></p><p>I didn't know unciae were issued this late; McCabe notes on his site that the economic rationale remains "unclear." Since I didn't see any others on CT, I thought I'd toss it out here. </p><p><br /></p><p>Several places note it as being "rare" but I found quite a few auctions for them on acsearch. That CNG got $400 for one that isn't all that great gave me an American Picker's kind of thrill: <a href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=820&lot=591" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=820&lot=591" rel="nofollow">https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=820&lot=591</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If there is any others, or any additional information on this issue, I'd love to see it. Or anything else, unciae, M. Herennius, lucky finds, etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1304837[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Roman</b> <b>Republic Æ Uncia</b></p><p><b>M. Herennius</b></p><p><b>(108-107 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>Helmeted head of Roma right; • (mark of value) to left / ROMA, double cornucopiae.</p><p>Crawford 308/4b; Babelon Herennia 4 var.; Sydenham 568b var.' Russo RBW 1145.</p><p>(4.57 grams / 20 x 19 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes: </b></p><p>"The economic rationale for the issue of unciae in this period is unclear." (McCabe) andrewmccabe.ancients.info/RRC280.html</p><p><br /></p><p>"Rare; three specimens in Paris, of both varieties." (Gemini, LLC, Auct. XII, Lot 285, 11.01.2015) </p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4012808" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4012808" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4012808</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7566960, member: 85693"]This turned out to be a lucky eBay find (it was advertised as "Greek"). Apparently this is a late-period Roman Republic uncia issued by M. Herennius (who issued denarii at that time), 108-107 B.C. I didn't know unciae were issued this late; McCabe notes on his site that the economic rationale remains "unclear." Since I didn't see any others on CT, I thought I'd toss it out here. Several places note it as being "rare" but I found quite a few auctions for them on acsearch. That CNG got $400 for one that isn't all that great gave me an American Picker's kind of thrill: [URL]https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=820&lot=591[/URL] If there is any others, or any additional information on this issue, I'd love to see it. Or anything else, unciae, M. Herennius, lucky finds, etc. [ATTACH=full]1304837[/ATTACH] [B]Roman[/B] [B]Republic Æ Uncia M. Herennius (108-107 B.C.) Rome Mint[/B] Helmeted head of Roma right; • (mark of value) to left / ROMA, double cornucopiae. Crawford 308/4b; Babelon Herennia 4 var.; Sydenham 568b var.' Russo RBW 1145. (4.57 grams / 20 x 19 mm) [B]Notes: [/B] "The economic rationale for the issue of unciae in this period is unclear." (McCabe) andrewmccabe.ancients.info/RRC280.html "Rare; three specimens in Paris, of both varieties." (Gemini, LLC, Auct. XII, Lot 285, 11.01.2015) [URL]https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4012808[/URL][/QUOTE]
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