Lot 272:
Minturnae' Second Punic War issue. AE Sextans, after 211 BC. Obv. Head of Mercury right, wearing petasus; above, two pellets. Rev. ROMA. Prow right; below, two pellets. Cr. 56/6. 1.69 g. 15.00 mm. Light brown patina with brassy highlights. Good VF/About EF. 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).