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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3004437, member: 85693"]Nice coins, everyone. Just yesterday I got my very first Roman Republican bronze in the mail, and I spent a couple hours last night trying to track it down. </p><p><br /></p><p>The flip it came in said it was a triens of the "staff and club" series. After looking through Andrew McCabe's wonderful website, I don't think that is correct; the 2 horizontal lines aft of the "deck house" are part of the boat, I think, not staffs or clubs. It weighs only 5.99 grams which I think puts it in Crawford 56/4 and McCabe Group H1? </p><p><br /></p><p>Any corrections welcome. I am at the beginning of a steep learning curve here!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]743998[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]743999[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Roman Republic Æ Triens</b></p><p><b>Anonymous Issue</b></p><p><b>(after 211 B.C.) - Rome Mint</b></p><p>Helmeted head of Minerva right, four pellets above / ROMA, prow of galley right, four pellets in exergue. </p><p>Crawford 56/4; McCabe Group H1 (light weight; often overstruck on Punic Æ)</p><p>(5.99 grams / 23 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3004437, member: 85693"]Nice coins, everyone. Just yesterday I got my very first Roman Republican bronze in the mail, and I spent a couple hours last night trying to track it down. The flip it came in said it was a triens of the "staff and club" series. After looking through Andrew McCabe's wonderful website, I don't think that is correct; the 2 horizontal lines aft of the "deck house" are part of the boat, I think, not staffs or clubs. It weighs only 5.99 grams which I think puts it in Crawford 56/4 and McCabe Group H1? Any corrections welcome. I am at the beginning of a steep learning curve here! [ATTACH=full]743998[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]743999[/ATTACH] [B]Roman Republic Æ Triens Anonymous Issue (after 211 B.C.) - Rome Mint[/B] Helmeted head of Minerva right, four pellets above / ROMA, prow of galley right, four pellets in exergue. Crawford 56/4; McCabe Group H1 (light weight; often overstruck on Punic Æ) (5.99 grams / 23 mm)[/QUOTE]
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