Lot 247:
Corn-ear (first) series. AE Uncia. Sicily, 214-212 BC. Obv. Helmeted head of Roma right; behind, pellet. Rev. Prow right; above, corn-ear and ROMA; below, pellet. Cr. 42/4=72/9. 6.18 g. 20.00 mm. Overstruck on Syracusan Bronze of Hieron II (Zeus/Trident issue). Delicate brown patina. An interesting study coin. 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).