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CANCA-B163-2-1-8-RR

Metal Type:bronze
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.



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
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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

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