ANONYMOUS ROMAN Quadran 1st Century AD

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ANONYMOUS ROMAN Quadran 1st Century AD ANONYMOUS ROMAN Denomination: Quadrans Metal: Copper Weight: 1.50 gm Diameter: 14.5 mm Mint: Rome Struck: Late 1st Century AD period of Domitian to Antoninus Pius Obverse Legend: [None] Obverse Description: Winged Cap of Mercury (petasus) Reverse Legend: S C Reverse Description: Winged caduceus Attributions: RIC-II, 32 Cohen-36 Sear-2928 Anonymous Roman Coins are those coins which are obviously Roman (from their fabric, style, find-spots, legends, etc.), but do not display the customary imperial inscriptions which allow them to be attributed to a particular emperor. They fall into six main categories: Coins of the Civil Wars (68-70), Anonymous Quadrantes (81-161), Coins of the Mines (98-161), Coins of the Interregnum (275), Constantinian Commemoratives (330-346), and Pagan Civic Coinages under Maximinus II (309-313). Most are very scarce with the exception of the Constantinian Commemoratives, which are generally very common. A "quadrans" was originally a Roman Republican coin which weighed a quarter of a Roman pound, or "as". Though produced at about 82 grams in the early third century BC, through reductions in bronze coinage weights it was struck at 2.95-3.35 grams by the time of Augustus. In Imperial times it remained relatively constant at about 3.15 gms and 14-18 mms, comprised of copper read more
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