U. Ghent 8670

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Diameter (in mm): 25
  • Weight (in gr.): 11.17

Typological Description

Source: RRC 106/7a

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

• Authority

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

• Geographic

  • Mint: Uncertain value
  • Region: Etruria

• Obverse

  • Type: Head of Hercules, right.
  • Symbol (Behind): Three pellets (denominational mark)
  • Portrait: Hercules

• Reverse

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

Administrative History

• Collection: Numismatic Collection, University Library of Ghent

Rights

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