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Offline Nerva81

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ID please - AE ?Roman?
« on: October 17, 2008, 03:57:57 pm »
Hello
can anyone help me ID these two coins.

Complete coin has about 18 mm.
Pice of coin has about 28 mm.

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Re: ID please - AE ?Roman?
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2008, 04:12:21 pm »
Hello,

the second one is from VIENNE (near Lyon) in Gallia (France). C. Julius Caesar and Octavian, about 36 BC. Half of (sestertius? or As?). AE 11.54 g. DIVI IVLI. CAESAR Bare head of Divus Caesar l. Rev. Prow r. RPC I, cf. I, 517. Very rare.

The upper one might be a Republican Semis, but i´m not shure.

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Re: ID please - AE ?Roman?
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2008, 11:06:52 am »
The upper coin is probably a sextants of Barium mint in Apulia.
Eros with bow on prow, i think

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Re: ID please - AE ?Roman?
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2008, 12:59:44 pm »
Correct, Apulia, Barium, circa 220 BC, though I believe it is an uncia rather than a sextans (Sear 576). Obverse: head of Jove/Zeus right, single star behind. reverse: Eros on prow of galley right, aiming bow.
This is a rather scarce type, by the way.
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Re: ID please - AE ?Roman?
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2008, 04:01:09 pm »
The size would be fine for a sextans, but you are right (even without knowing the weight) since there is indeed only one star behind Zeus's head, not two.

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