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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2846787, member: 74282&quot;]If you want to collect the Roman Republic, this price range has some interesting opportunities when it comes to RR bronzes and occasionally silver as well:</p><p><br /></p><p>$46 via eBay seller Cichosgladiator, June 2017. An interesting early denarius from Sicily:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]674857[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic AR Denarius(3.36g), 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>$56 via eBay seller Mortown, August 2016. An RR bronze overstruck on a Syracusan issue from the Second Punic War:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]674858[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic Æ sextans(5.48g, 19mm), anonymous(corn-ear KA series), 207-206 B.C., Sicilian(Catania?) mint. Head of Mercury right; above, •• / Prow right with flat deck structure; above, corn-ear/wheat-ear; below, Roma; before, KA or IC ligate(off flan). Crawford 69/6. Overstruck on Syracusan Poseidon/trident Æ.</p><p><br /></p><p>$49 via eBay seller dsgreen February 2016. An ugly but rare bronze sextans of the moneyer Cluvius Saxula:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]674860[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic Æ Sextans(17.9 mm, 5.80g). C. Cluvius Saxula, moneyer, 169-158 BC. Rome mint. Head of Mercury right wearing winged Petasos, •• above / Prow of galley right; C•SAX above, •• before, ROMA below. Crawford 173/5; Sydenham 360d; Babelon Clovia 10</p><p>Ex RBW Collection, ex Wayne Phillips list 194, 280, May 1995</p><p><br /></p><p>$60 via Vcoins seller London Ancient Coins, November 2015, a triens of &quot;VAL&quot;, thought to be a moneyer of the gens Valeria.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]674859[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic Æ Triens(21mm, 7.29g), &quot;VAL&quot; series(Valerius?), 169-158 BC. Helmeted head of Minerva right; above, •••• / Prow right with peaked deck structure; VAL monogram above; •••• before; ROMA below. Crawford 191/3. Sydenham 356b. Babelon Valeria 3[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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