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antwerpen2306's Last 20 Posts
| Metapontum, AR Nomos, Barley
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antwerpen2306
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Belgium
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 Posted 09/15/2020 09:59 am
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| I don t think. Noe 115 is a seven grained barley ear. Here you have IMO a eight grained ear with two additional terminal grains,the A is round toppaeg with a cross bar downward to right; So, I think it is a class III stater, numbering from 73-86.albert |
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| Another Off The Bucket List - Claudius AR Cistophorus
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antwerpen2306
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Belgium
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Posted 05/20/2020 10:56 am
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The cistophori were the silver coins created by the Attalid kings for use in the kingdom . The original weight was about 3/4 Athenean tetradrachme , so about 12 gr at Athenean weight standard .
The coins were stuck till the time of Marcus Antonius . With the reorganation of all the mints in the Roman empire , Augustus romanised the coin in weight and look .albert |
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| Identifying A Roman Republic Coin
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antwerpen2306
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Belgium
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Posted 05/09/2020 10:08 am
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| No , I don t think so , problem with these early coins is often the weight . Crawford writes in RRC,p 159 for this coin : The weight standard of 2-8 (as to semuncia) is based initially on an as of about 54 gr and gradually declines to the level at wich nos 50/3-8,57/3-8 : average of as of 36 gr and 43 gr .I have the same problem with all my coins of this period , except the denarius . It is very difficult to find a match with Crawford because his descriptions are all the same and the photos in his book are not the best .I give a reference to the edition of Crawford in one of my posts a few weeks ago . albert |
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| Identifying A Roman Republic Coin
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antwerpen2306
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Belgium
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Posted 05/07/2020 09:47 am
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it is always difficult to identify these anonymous coins .The weight is important .The coin has not been cast as the very early .
First possibility : Cr 56/3 : the weight standard declined to 40.5 gr for an as , so a semis about 20 gr ,the best is look for photos and compare the reverse ; the prow and the superstructure
CR 106/5 : mark staff and club : on the reverse after the S , there is maybe a line ( the points) representing a staff , the average weight here for an as is 39 gr . On your 3th photo , it seems to be a staff (cr106)or a decoration of the superstructure of the prow (cr 56 ) .
Looking the photos , for me it is one of this , but with the coin in hand , you remarks maybe something else .albert
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