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Object Type
Museum number: 1842,0214.5
Denomination: quartuncia
Description: Copper alloy coin. (whole); Head of Roma, right, wearing Attic helmet. (obverse); Prow, right; above, inscription. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 217BC-215BC
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 7 o'clock; Weight: 1.90 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (38/8) (type); RR1 / Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum: vol. 1 aes rude, aes signatum, aes grave, and coinage of Rome from B.C. 268. (184, p.26); Ghey, Leins & Crawford 2010 / A catalogue of the Roman Republican Coins in the British Museum, with descriptions and chronology based on M.H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (1974) (38.8.16)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical deity; boat/ship; allegory/personification
Associated names
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1842
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1842,0214.5
C&M catalogue number: RR1 (26) (184)

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