Thank you 186,
As this is my first one of these coins I've been scanning through seemingly hundreds of these that look nearly identical.
I looked up the coin you referenced (pic below). It appears to be very close however there doesn't appear to be a
star on mine and it also closely resembles others like the other (pic 2) below.
Although I value your opinion, if there are any other differing thoughts, I'd like to hear them.
In addition as I'm unfimiliar to these, what are the main differing attributes one looks for to narrow down an ID? Thanks so much for everyone's time and opinions!
Josh
Pic 1: Anonymous. 169-158 BC. Æ
Quadrans (3.18 g, 4h).
Rome mint.
Head of
Hercules right, wearing lion-skin headdress; ••• (mark of value) behind.
Rev. Prow right;
star before, ••• (mark of value) below.
Crawford 196/4;
Sydenham 264d.
VF, attractive dark green
patina with light earthen dusting. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 15 (18 May 1999), lot 47.
Pic 2: Anonymous. 211-206 BC. Æ
Quadrans (21mm, 5.50 g, 5h). Second Punic War lightweight issue. Uncertain Sardinian, Sicilian, or non-Roman
Italian mint.
Head of
Hercules right, wearing
lion skin; three pellets (mark of value) to left / Prow right; three pellets (mark of value) below. McCabe Group H1.Qd.2;
cf. Crawford 56/5 and 339/4a;
cf. Sydenham 143c and 679c. Near VF, brown surfaces.
Overstruck on an uncertain Punic or other issue.
