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Cr  39/4   Æ Uncia  Anonymous
c. 217-215 B.C.E.  Rome 

Radiate and draped facing bust of Sol; • (value) to left 
Crescent; two stars and • (value) above; ROMA below
24mm  12.47 gm

ex. McCabe; ex RBW

   This large "unit" of the semilibral standard comes from the series sometimes also described as "collateral", "anomalous", and, painfully,  "anomalous anonymous".  Crawford identified only struck bronzes from Triens to Semuncia for this issue.  There are no clearly-associated cast bronze larger denominations, with the nearest-dated such cast types having more directly-related struck smaller denominations.  
   Yet, this series demonstrates the last great gasp of creativity in Republican bronze, no Prows in sight and without standardized presentations of the soon-to-be-rigid obverse gods.       
   Although not rare, these interesting types do not show up in every sale.  This specimen has a bit of roughness but also a wonderful strike.

Cr 39/4 Æ Uncia Anonymous

c. 217-215 B.C.E. Rome

Radiate and draped facing bust of Sol; • (value) to left
Crescent; two stars and • (value) above; ROMA below
24mm 12.47 gm

ex. McCabe; ex RBW

This large "unit" of the semilibral standard comes from the series sometimes also described as "collateral", "anomalous", and, painfully, "anomalous anonymous". Crawford identified only struck bronzes from Triens to Semuncia for this issue. There are no clearly-associated cast bronze larger denominations, with the nearest-dated such cast types having more directly-related struck smaller denominations.
Yet, this series demonstrates the last great gasp of creativity in Republican bronze, no Prows in sight and without standardized presentations of the soon-to-be-rigid obverse gods.
Although not rare, these interesting types do not show up in every sale. This specimen has a bit of roughness but also a wonderful strike.

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Pharsalos   [Jul 25, 2020 at 09:21 AM]
Beautiful example of a beautiful type.

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