Aukt Basel 6 30 Sept 1976 Lot 370

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 6.77

Typological Description

Source: RRC 13/1

• Object Type: Coin
• Date Range: 280 BCE - 276 BCE
• Denomination: Didrachm
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Silver

• Authority

  • Issuer: Anonymous

• Geographic

  • Mint: Metapontum

• Obverse

  • Type: Head of Mars, left, wearing Corinthian helmet; behind, oak-spray.
  • Portrait: Mars

• Reverse

  • Legend: ROMANO
  • Type: Horse's head, right, on base with inscription; behind, corn ear.

Administrative History

• Source

  • 30 Sep 1976 - 1 Oct 1976: Auctiones A.G. (Basel, Switzerland), Auction 6, 30 Sep-1 Oct 1976no. 370

Notes

• Schaefer Notes: Voirol; sui generis; obv die similar to C
• New Notes: Obverse die is very similar to C, but the reverse is not close enough to any die to suggest this is a tooled speciment (though rev probably based on 5).

Rights

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