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ziggy9 Valued Member United States 499 Posts	Posted 02/22/2009 10:10 pm I need help with this ancient, it has me stumped Image: unk1obv.jpg 65.07 KB unk1rev.jpg 85.93 KB Thanks Richard Edited by Sap 03/04/2009 03:29 am Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16861 Posts	Posted 02/22/2009 10:14 pm Looks like a very early Roman "Janus and Ship" bronze. Size? Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
ziggy9 Valued Member United States 499 Posts	Posted 02/22/2009 10:20 pm It is approx. 28mm Richard Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/23/2009 01:11 am I agree with SAP. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16861 Posts	Posted 02/23/2009 03:40 am Now I'm home with my books, I can confirm: it's a Roman as. At 28mm, it would date from sometime around 100 BC, plus or minus a couple of decades. The abbreviated consul's name should appear on the reverse (ship) side, but the only text I can read is "ROMA", in the exergue. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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