Coin: æ quadrans

Museum number:
8-2021
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Coin; AE; Aes grave; quadrans; Roman. Condition: fair. 69.4 grams, 39.8 mm. Rome, Italy. Collected: Sovana, Etruria, various tombs. Obverse: open hand, left; beneath three dots. Reverse: two barleycorns, upper points left, lower points right; between which three dots. Mint data: Italy, Latium, Rome.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Sovana, Tuscany, Central Italy
Production place:
Rome (ancient city)
Culture or time period:
Roman Republic
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
1901
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
before 3rd century BC
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 69.4 grams and linear 39.8 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: æ quadrans, accession number 8-2021, described as Coin; AE; Aes grave; quadrans; Roman. Condition: fair. 69.4 grams, 39.8 mm. Rome, Italy. Collected: Sovana, Etruria, various tombs. Obverse: open hand, left; beneath three dots. Reverse: two barleycorns, upper points left, lower points right; between which three dots. Mint data: Italy, Latium, Rome.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: æ quadrans, accession number 8-2021, described as Coin; AE; Aes grave; quadrans; Roman. Condition: fair. 69.4 grams, 39.8 mm. Rome, Italy. Collected: Sovana, Etruria, various tombs. Obverse: open hand, left; beneath three dots. Reverse: two barleycorns, upper points left, lower points right; between which three dots. Mint data: Italy, Latium, Rome.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: æ quadrans, accession number 8-2021, described as Coin; AE; Aes grave; quadrans; Roman. Condition: fair. 69.4 grams, 39.8 mm. Rome, Italy. Collected: Sovana, Etruria, various tombs. Obverse: open hand, left; beneath three dots. Reverse: two barleycorns, upper points left, lower points right; between which three dots. Mint data: Italy, Latium, Rome.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: æ quadrans, accession number 8-2021, described as Coin; AE; Aes grave; quadrans; Roman. Condition: fair. 69.4 grams, 39.8 mm. Rome, Italy. Collected: Sovana, Etruria, various tombs. Obverse: open hand, left; beneath three dots. Reverse: two barleycorns, upper points left, lower points right; between which three dots. Mint data: Italy, Latium, Rome.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: æ quadrans, accession number 8-2021, described as Coin; AE; Aes grave; quadrans; Roman. Condition: fair. 69.4 grams, 39.8 mm. Rome, Italy. Collected: Sovana, Etruria, various tombs. Obverse: open hand, left; beneath three dots. Reverse: two barleycorns, upper points left, lower points right; between which three dots. Mint data: Italy, Latium, Rome.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: æ quadrans, accession number 8-2021, described as Coin; AE; Aes grave; quadrans; Roman. Condition: fair. 69.4 grams, 39.8 mm. Rome, Italy. Collected: Sovana, Etruria, various tombs. Obverse: open hand, left; beneath three dots. Reverse: two barleycorns, upper points left, lower points right; between which three dots. Mint data: Italy, Latium, Rome.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ quadrans, accession number 8-2021, described as Coin; AE; Aes grave; quadrans; Roman. Condition: fair. 69.4 grams, 39.8 mm. Rome, Italy. Collected: Sovana, Etruria, various tombs. Obverse: open hand, left; beneath three dots. Reverse: two barleycorns, upper points left, lower points right; between which three dots. Mint data: Italy, Latium, Rome.

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