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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     74000508 Type:     Roman Republican Issuer:     Pre-Denarius Struck AE Date Ruled:     Circa 264 BC Metal:     Bronze Denomination:     AE25 Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     BC Circa 264 Diameter:     25 mm Weight:     14.35 g Die Axis:     9 h Obverse Legend:     ROMANO Obverse Description:     Head of Minerva left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with griffin; helmet behind Reverse Legend:     ROMA-NO Reverse Description:     Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head right, wings open; short sword to left Mint:     Messana (Sicily) Primary Reference:     Crawford 23/1 Reference2:     Sydenham 30 Reference3:     Kestner - Reference4:     BMCRR Romano-Campanian 5 Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=96921 Grade:     Good VF, brown and olive patina, minor roughness Notes:     Sale: Triton X, Lot: 508 Very rare Crawford assigned this issue to Sicily in the early stages of the First Punic War, based on the provenance of extant specimens and the similarity of style and weight to contemporary Mamertine issues. It was the decision to intervene on behalf of the Mamertini that sparked Rome's first war with Carthage. An important historical coin.

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