Roman Republican coin – HCR54897

Obverse

Design:

Head of Hercules, right, wearing boar-skin; behind, denominational mark.

Reverse

Design:

Bull charging, right; below, snake.

Information

Period

Roman Republican

Mint

Rome

Denomination

Quadrans

Material

bronze

Technique

struck

Dating

217–215 BC

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

18.03

Axis

Diameter (mm)

30.2

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

21/6/1905

Source

J. G. Milne

Acquisition credit

Presented by J. G. Milne.

Reference

RRC : 39/2

Note:

The weight is light for type (about half what is typical), but certainly not RRC 97/5a as suggested on tag. Other light specimens are known, e.g. British Museum 1939,0511.30. - LMY

Reference

CRRO : http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-39.2

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, fcisternino, lyarrow, dcelinska