Silver Coin, Uncertain value, 206 BC - 200 BC 1944.100.227

Physical Description

• Axis: 9

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 3.57

Typological Description

Source: RRC 129/1

• Object Type: Coin
• Date Range: 206 BCE - 200 BCE
• Denomination: Denarius
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Silver

• Authority

  • Issuer: Pentagram 2 (Republican Moneyer)
  • • State: Roman Republic

• Geographic

  • Mint: Uncertain value

• Obverse

  • Type: Helmeted head of Roma, right, with curl on left shoulder. Border of dots.
  • Symbol (Behind): X (denominational mark)
  • Portrait: Roma

• Reverse

  • Legend: ROMA
  • Type: Dioscuri galloping, right. Line border.
  • Portrait: Dioscuri
  • Symbol (Below): Pentagram

References

• Reference: RRC 129/1
• Reference: S 205

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1944.100.227
• Department: Roman
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

• Provenance

  • Bequest of E.T. Newell
  • Hess 1912

Subjects

• Series: Crawford

Rights

• CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
• License: Public Domain Mark (images)
• Rights: No Copyright - United States