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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2486702, member: 74282&quot;]I was sitting on the couch reading this morning when I was surprised by a knock at the door. It was the mailman needing my signature for a package from CNG. I just purchased and paid for this coin Thursday, around 11 AM Mountain time and it got here within 48 hours from the other side of the country. Color me impressed.</p><p><br /></p><p>This victoriatus comes from the massive(400+ dies) second group of anonymous victoriati and denarii from the Rome mint. These tend to be more elegant and well-rendered than the earliest victoriati and, for whatever reason, the ROMA on the reverse tends to fall outside of the engraver&#039;s circle as it does on this example. The exact date these were minted is unknown, but I think, based on the clear progression of style that is seen and the fact that in hoards these are almost always worn to a similar degree as the earlier first group victoriati(Crawford 44) that they can&#039;t be more than a year or so removed from the earlier issues.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve attached a few images at the bottom of this post for those who would like to compare the style to other contemporary victoriati. One of the things I find most fascinating about coins of this period, and the reason I have so many, is that because so many issues were minted at field mints throughout the Roman world and with dies engraved by so many people, likely local non-Roman engravers in many instances, the coins exhibit a wide variety of styles and in the case of the bronze even the fabric of the coins exhibits quite a variety. The others attached below were minted in Sicily, Apulia and Metapontum(most likely), respectively.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]525569[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic AR Victoriatus(17mm, 3.08g). Anonymous, after 211 B.C., Rome mint. Laureate head of Jupiter right. Border of dots / Victory right crowning trophy; in exergue, ROMA. Line border. Crawford 53/1; Sydenham 83; RSC 9.</p><p>Ex Volteia Collection</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]525621[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]525622[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]525623[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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