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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Republic| > |211-100 B.C.| > RR84478
Roman Republic, Anonymous, Second Punic War, 211 - 206 B.C.
|211-100| |B.C.|, |Roman| |Republic,| |Anonymous,| |Second| |Punic| |War,| |211| |-| |206| |B.C.|, Certificate of Authenticity issued by David R. Sear.

The certificate notes, "This exceptionally fine example of the semis, or half as, is anonymous and belongs to the initial phase of production following the reform of c. 211 BC. Crawford dates it to the half-decade 211- 206 BC. The obverse type of Saturn, father of Jupiter became standard on the semis denomination about 225 BC and at the same time the reverse type for all bronze denominations was standardized as the prow of a galley, the principal instrument of Rome's success against Carthage in the First Punic War."
RR84478. Bronze semis, McCabe Anonymous G4.Sm.1 (same dies); cf. Crawford 56/3; Sydenham 143a; BMCRR I Rome 229; SRCV I 766, almost EF with smooth dark patina, an exceptionally fine example of this early struck issue (grade by David Sear), Rome mint, weight 19.794g, maximum diameter 28.8mm, die axis 90o, 2nd Punic War, 211 - 206 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Saturn right, S (mark of value) behind; reverse galley prow right, S (mark of value) above, ROMA below, narrow tall curved prow stem; from the Dr. Sam Mansourati Collection; SOLD











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