Knopek 7 Apr 78 297

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 5

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

  • 7 Apr 1978 - 8 Apr 1978: H.J. Knopek (Cologne, Germany), 7-8 Apr 1978no. 297

Notes

• Schaefer Notes: NAC 78 1637 (4.99g)
• New Notes: Now in the McCabe Collection (AM#14210-50, 4.99g); Schaefer includes duplicate images

Rights

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