Bronze Coin, Rome, 116 BC - 115 BC 1951.61.6

Physical Description

• Axis: 6

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 6.37

Typological Description

Source: RRC 285/5c

• Object Type: Coin
• Date Range: 116 BCE - 115 BCE
• Denomination: Quadrans
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Bronze

• Authority

  • Issuer: Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus
  • • State: Roman Republic
    • State: Roman Republic
  • Issuer: Q. Curtius
  • • State: Roman Republic
  • Issuer: M. Silanus
  • • State: Roman Republic

• Geographic

  • Mint: Rome

• Obverse

  • Legend: CN·DOMI
  • Type: Head of Hercules, right.
  • Symbol (AboveOrBehind): Three pellets (denominational mark)
  • Portrait: Hercules

• Reverse

  • Legend: Q·CVRTI M·SILA
  • Type: Arrow, club, and bow (first two pointing right).

References

• Reference: RRC 285/5c
• Reference: S 538b

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1951.61.6
• Department: Roman
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

• Provenance

  • ex G. HuskerGrunthal-Gans Sale10 April 1951

Subjects

• Series: Crawford

Rights

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