Spartan 79 Dec 18 177

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Diameter (in mm): 21
  • Weight (in gr.): 5.25

Typological Description

Source: RRC 106/8a

• Object Type: Coin
• Date: 208 BCE
• Denomination: Sextans
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Bronze

• Authority

  • Issuer: Staff and Club (Republican Moneyer)
  • • State: Roman Republic

• Geographic

  • Mint: Uncertain value
  • Region: Etruria

• Obverse

  • Type: Head of Mercury, right.
  • Symbol (Above): Two pellets (denominational mark)
  • Portrait: Mercury

• Reverse

  • Legend: ROMA
  • Type: Prow, right.
  • Symbol (Above): Staff
  • Symbol (Below): Two pellets (denominational mark)

Administrative History

• Source

  • 15 Jan 2019: Spartan Numismatics (Furlong, PA), Auction 79, 15 Jan 2019no. 177

Notes

• Schaefer Notes: ex Naville 22, 401; ex NAC 72, 1040
• New Notes: Schaefer includes duplicate images

Rights

• License: Public Domain Mark (images)
• Rights: No Copyright - United States