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Cr. 42/4 "Grain ear"/"Corn ear" uncia, sicily, 214-212 BC

Agora68Lot149.jpg Cf. Cr 56/3 Æ Semis, overstruck, after 211 BCThumbnailsCr. 41/6e anonymous post-semilibral semis, 215-212 BCCf. Cr 56/3 Æ Semis, overstruck, after 211 BCThumbnailsCr. 41/6e anonymous post-semilibral semis, 215-212 BCCf. Cr 56/3 Æ Semis, overstruck, after 211 BCThumbnailsCr. 41/6e anonymous post-semilibral semis, 215-212 BCCf. Cr 56/3 Æ Semis, overstruck, after 211 BCThumbnailsCr. 41/6e anonymous post-semilibral semis, 215-212 BCCf. Cr 56/3 Æ Semis, overstruck, after 211 BCThumbnailsCr. 41/6e anonymous post-semilibral semis, 215-212 BC

Roman Republic Æ Uncia(20.43 mm, 6.35 g, 7 h). Corn-ear(grain-ear) series. 214-212 B.C. Sicilian mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; behind, • / Prow of galley right; ROMA and grain ear above; below, •. Crawford 42/4; Sydenham -

Ex Old Pueblo Coin, Tucson AZ, eBay, 13 Feb 2020, ex Agora 68, 15 Aug 2017, lot 149, ex RBW Collection, ex Lanz 40, 25 May 1987

A common but historically interesting type struck on Sicily during the period of the Siege of Syracuse. For an anonymous(without corn-ear) sibling of similar style, see here.

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