Hi all,
i bought this Coin with some questions.
How are these coins made, looks like 2 halves struck on one another?
Seller had also Crawf. 197-198 B/1 a as reference but looks like its Crawford 56/2 i dont know what /2 means.
What does I mean?
Reference.
BMC 217; Crawford 56/2.; Sydenham 143
Obv:
Laureate and bearded head of Janus above, I.
Rev: Prow of galley right; above, I. below, ROMA
29.87 gr
33 mm
Hi
It's a lovely coin, probably in the best 5% in condition terms, as these coins come.
Your question on the offset
flan was well answered by Norbert - the
thread he links to gives a full explanation.
No-one answered the other half of your question so I will try.
Michael
Crawford wrote the definitive
catalogue of
Roman Republican coins in 1974. He divided the coinage into 550 "issues", each representing a series of coins issued by one moneyer. Each of the 550 issues is divided (where necessary) into the different
denominations and varieties. In the case of
Crawford 56, 56/1 is the highest
denomination of that series (
dupondius or two-as piece, with
Minerva on
obverse), 56/2 is the as (your coin, with
Janus), 56/3 is the
semis or half-as with
Saturn obverse, 56/4 is the
triens or third-as with
Minerva obverse, 56/5 is the
quadrans or fourth-as piece with
Hercules obverse, 56/5 is the
sextans or sixth-as piece with Mercury
obverse, 56/7 is the
uncia with
Roma obverse and 56/8 is the half
uncia or
semuncia with Mercury
obverse. There were 12 unciae in an as, and each
type was also marked with its
denomination as follows:
56/1 dupondiua II
56/2 as I
56/3
semis S
56/4
triens oooo
56/5
quadrans ooo
56/6
sextans oo
56/7
uncia o
56/8
semuncia (no value mark)
Andrew
