Bronze Coin, Rome, 275 BC - 270 BC 1944.100.758

Physical Description

• Axis: 12

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 57.86

Typological Description

Source: RRC 18/5

• Object Type: Coin
• Date Range: 275 BCE - 270 BCE
• Denomination: Sextans
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Bronze

• Authority

  • Issuer: Anonymous

• Geographic

  • Mint: Rome

• Obverse

  • Type: Head of one of the Dioscuri, right.
  • Symbol (Behind): Two pellets (denominational mark)
  • Portrait: Dioscuri

• Reverse

  • Type: Head of one of the Dioscuri, left.
  • Portrait: Dioscuri
  • Symbol (Behind): Two pellets (denominational mark)

References

• Reference: RRC 18/5
• Reference: S 19
• Reference: T 2

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1944.100.758
• Department: Roman
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

• Provenance

  • Bequest of E.T. Newell
  • overturned so possibly it was merely being used as a divider.

Subjects

• Series: AG
• Series: Crawford

Notes

• No coin in box and no indication that it is on display. Box was

Rights

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