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<p>[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 3056711, member: 74282"]I've posted <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/posts/2581805/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/posts/2581805/">my favorite coin</a> and its story several times so rather than posting it again I'll share my second favorite coin in my collection:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]766023[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic Æ Triens(20mm, 5.88g, 12h), anonymous("CA" series), 209-195 B.C., Canusium(?) mint. Helmeted head of Minerva right; above, •••• / Prow right; above, ROMA; below, ••••; to right, CA. Crawford 100/3; Sydenham 309c</p><p>Overstruck on Oiniadai, Akarnania Zeus/Acheloüs, cf. BCD Akarnania 345-348 for undertype. For CA triens overstruck on Oiniadai cf. Hersh NC 1953, 14 and cf. Crawford Table XVIII, 91</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex [USER=44183]@stevex6[/USER] Collection via coin.ages, eBay, January 27, 2018, ex RBW Collection, CNG e-auction 364, December 2 2015, lot 90, ex Stacks Coin Galleries, August 20 1986, lot 117, ex Frederick S. Knobloch Collection, Stacks May 4 1978, lot 90</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was my favorite of all from Stevex6's collection: a stunning overstrike of Rome on Oiniadai. These coins are generally believed to have been overstruck on booty captured during the operations of Laevinus on the Greek coast during the First Macedonian War(which, coincidentally, was right smack-dab during the middle of the Second Punic War). Most are fairly haphazardly struck and apparently little care was taken to either obliterate the undertype or get a good overstrike so many are badly struck and just make a mess of the coin entirely.</p><p><br /></p><p>This example had been in my photofile and in my sights ever since it went up for auction in December 2015 when Steve bought it. I probably would have bid on it then but there was just so much excellent RR material in that particular CNG sale that I was out of funds before it even crossed the block. When it went back up for sale, I knew I wanted it but it took me a while to finally pull the trigger because the price was high enough that it required more than a month's budget to pull off(though it was absolutely worth every penny). Thankfully this coin waited for me and I was able to bring it home earlier this year.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 3056711, member: 74282"]I've posted [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/posts/2581805/']my favorite coin[/URL] and its story several times so rather than posting it again I'll share my second favorite coin in my collection: [ATTACH=full]766023[/ATTACH] Roman Republic Æ Triens(20mm, 5.88g, 12h), anonymous("CA" series), 209-195 B.C., Canusium(?) mint. Helmeted head of Minerva right; above, •••• / Prow right; above, ROMA; below, ••••; to right, CA. Crawford 100/3; Sydenham 309c Overstruck on Oiniadai, Akarnania Zeus/Acheloüs, cf. BCD Akarnania 345-348 for undertype. For CA triens overstruck on Oiniadai cf. Hersh NC 1953, 14 and cf. Crawford Table XVIII, 91 Ex [USER=44183]@stevex6[/USER] Collection via coin.ages, eBay, January 27, 2018, ex RBW Collection, CNG e-auction 364, December 2 2015, lot 90, ex Stacks Coin Galleries, August 20 1986, lot 117, ex Frederick S. Knobloch Collection, Stacks May 4 1978, lot 90 This coin was my favorite of all from Stevex6's collection: a stunning overstrike of Rome on Oiniadai. These coins are generally believed to have been overstruck on booty captured during the operations of Laevinus on the Greek coast during the First Macedonian War(which, coincidentally, was right smack-dab during the middle of the Second Punic War). Most are fairly haphazardly struck and apparently little care was taken to either obliterate the undertype or get a good overstrike so many are badly struck and just make a mess of the coin entirely. This example had been in my photofile and in my sights ever since it went up for auction in December 2015 when Steve bought it. I probably would have bid on it then but there was just so much excellent RR material in that particular CNG sale that I was out of funds before it even crossed the block. When it went back up for sale, I knew I wanted it but it took me a while to finally pull the trigger because the price was high enough that it required more than a month's budget to pull off(though it was absolutely worth every penny). Thankfully this coin waited for me and I was able to bring it home earlier this year.[/QUOTE]
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