Coin: æ quadrans

Museum number:
8-5813
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080005813
Accession number:
Acc.1029
Description:
Coin; Æ; aes grave; quadrans. 6.32 grams. 19 mm. Dark Green patination. ‘Uncial’ standard. Obverse: Head (of Hercules? (Greek: Herakles)); on l., three dots. Reverse: Prow; below, three dots.
Donor:
May Benton MacLafferty
Culture or time period:
Late Roman Republic (242-49 BC) and Roman Conquest of Italy (396–242 BC)
Collector:
John L. Balderston
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Heracles (Greek and Roman diety)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Quadrans
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
268-264 BC
Accession date:
1951
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 19 millimeters and weight 6.32 grams
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Coin: æ quadrans, accession number 8-5813, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; quadrans. 6.32 grams. 19 mm. Dark Green patination. ‘Uncial’ standard. Obverse: Head (of Hercules? (Greek: Herakles)); on l., three dots. Reverse: Prow; below, three dots.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Coin: æ quadrans, accession number 8-5813, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; quadrans. 6.32 grams. 19 mm. Dark Green patination. ‘Uncial’ standard. Obverse: Head (of Hercules? (Greek: Herakles)); on l., three dots. Reverse: Prow; below, three dots.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Coin: æ quadrans, accession number 8-5813, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; quadrans. 6.32 grams. 19 mm. Dark Green patination. ‘Uncial’ standard. Obverse: Head (of Hercules? (Greek: Herakles)); on l., three dots. Reverse: Prow; below, three dots.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Coin: æ quadrans, accession number 8-5813, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; quadrans. 6.32 grams. 19 mm. Dark Green patination. ‘Uncial’ standard. Obverse: Head (of Hercules? (Greek: Herakles)); on l., three dots. Reverse: Prow; below, three dots.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Coin: æ quadrans, accession number 8-5813, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; quadrans. 6.32 grams. 19 mm. Dark Green patination. ‘Uncial’ standard. Obverse: Head (of Hercules? (Greek: Herakles)); on l., three dots. Reverse: Prow; below, three dots.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Coin: æ quadrans, accession number 8-5813, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; quadrans. 6.32 grams. 19 mm. Dark Green patination. ‘Uncial’ standard. Obverse: Head (of Hercules? (Greek: Herakles)); on l., three dots. Reverse: Prow; below, three dots.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Coin: æ quadrans, accession number 8-5813, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; quadrans. 6.32 grams. 19 mm. Dark Green patination. ‘Uncial’ standard. Obverse: Head (of Hercules? (Greek: Herakles)); on l., three dots. Reverse: Prow; below, three dots.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Coin: æ quadrans, accession number 8-5813, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; quadrans. 6.32 grams. 19 mm. Dark Green patination. ‘Uncial’ standard. Obverse: Head (of Hercules? (Greek: Herakles)); on l., three dots. Reverse: Prow; below, three dots.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ quadrans, accession number 8-5813, described as Coin; Æ; aes grave; quadrans. 6.32 grams. 19 mm. Dark Green patination. ‘Uncial’ standard. Obverse: Head (of Hercules? (Greek: Herakles)); on l., three dots. Reverse: Prow; below, three dots.

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