RR93746. Aes grave triens, cf. Crawford 14/3; HN Italy 270; Haeberlin pp. 95- 97, pl. 39, 6 ff.; Thurlow-Vecchi 3; Sydenham 10; Vecchi ICC 27 (all with pellets below), VF, dark green patina, earthen deposits, casting flaw, Rome mint, weight 96.948g, maximum diameter 53.4mm, die axis 0
o, c. 280 - 276 B.C.; obverse dolphin swimming right •••• (mark of value) above; reverse fulmen (thunderbolt) •••• (mark of value) perpendicular to the fulmen (thunderbolt) in center; from the Errett Bishop Collection, very rare with the pellets above the dolphin,
huge AE53!;
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