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Offline Lerian

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Roman Republic Semis ??
« on: January 14, 2013, 01:45:15 pm »
This coin is a departure from my usual interests.

Can anyone give me an ID and the Crawford number for this coin, which I  believe to be,
a Semis ?

29mm    13.26g


 
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Offline Andrew McCabe

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Re: Roman Republic Semis ??
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2013, 03:49:47 pm »
Quote from: Lerian on January 14, 2013, 01:45:15 pm
This coin is a departure from my usual interests.

Can anyone give me an ID and the Crawford number for this coin, which I  believe to be,
a Semis ?

29mm    13.26g

This a Spanish imitation of a Republican semis, probably from the first century BC. There is no Crawford number (Crawford only covers official Roman coinage). Unfortunately there is also no other catalogue ID, as it is an imitation, and there's no catalogue of such coins. Yet. These imitations are generically covered in a separate paper by Crawford, "Unofficial Imitations and Small Change", in AIIN 29:
http://andrewmccabe.ancients.info/Mints.html#AIIN29

Your coin is a very nice example of this type.
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Re: Roman Republic Semis ??
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2013, 01:41:59 pm »
 +++ very nice coin!!
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Re: Roman Republic Semis ??
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2013, 01:45:04 pm »
Hmmm!

Interesting coin I like it  +++ :)

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Re: Roman Republic Semis ??
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2013, 02:43:25 pm »
Thank you Andrew,
and thank's everyone for your compliments. 
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Re: Roman Republic Semis ??
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2013, 10:59:56 pm »
Neat coin and magnificent nose!  Great find.
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