The John Bargrave Collection
CANCA-B163-2-1-8-RR
Metal Type:bronze
Issuing Authority:
Saxula (ambiguous), Gaius Cluvius (-)
Weight:7.02 g
Diameter:19.9 mm
Mint:Rome (Settlement)
Date:
169 BCE - 158 BCE
Denomination: quadrans
Obverse Image Description:Head of Hercules wearing lion skin headdress, right. Three pellets in left field. All surrounded by border of dots.
Obverse Inscription:NA
Reverse Image Description:Ship's prow facing right. Three pellets in right field. All surrounded by circular border.
Reverse Inscription:C SAX above prow (AX in mongram form). [RO]MA in exergue.
Attached People:
John Bargrave (1610-1680) - Collector
Bibliographic Source(s):
Roman Republican Coinage ..., page: 230, no. 173/4, Pl. XXVIII, notes:
Catalogue References
Li Ms E16c 8 Head of Hercules cloathed
in the Lyon’s Skin [3 pellets]
Reverse. the The Prow of a ship [3 pellets]
over it G • S • A
at the Bottom ROMA
Bargrave
See Entry in Catalogue Li Ms E16d No. 8 Head of Hercules cloathed
in the Lyon’s skin [three circles angled upward]
Rev. The prow of a ship.
over it C. S. A. [three circles angled upward]
at the Bottom ROMA.
pw gr
4 : 12 Bargrave
See Entry in Catalogue
Li Ms E16c 8 Head of Hercules cloathed
in the Lyon’s Skin [3 pellets]
Reverse. the The Prow of a ship [3 pellets]
over it G • S • A
at the Bottom ROMA
Bargrave
See Entry in Catalogue Li Ms E16d No. 8 Head of Hercules cloathed
in the Lyon’s skin [three circles angled upward]
Rev. The prow of a ship.
over it C. S. A. [three circles angled upward]
at the Bottom ROMA.
pw gr
4 : 12 Bargrave
See Entry in Catalogue