Lot 313:
Minturnae Second Punic War issue. Corn-ear and KA series. AE Sextans. Sicily, 207-206 BC. Obv. Head of Mercury right; above, two pellets. Rev. Prow right; above, corn-ear; before, KA and below, ROMA. Cr. 69/6a. 6.46 g. 19.00 mm. Nice brown patina; traces of overstriking. Good VF. This new attribution to the Minturnae mint follows the new study published by Clive Stannard. For more informations see C. Stannard 'Small change in Campania from the fourth to the first century BC, and the newly discovered Second Punic War Roman mint of Minturnae' (2021).