The John Bargrave Collection
CANCA-B163-2-1-9-RR
Metal Type:bronze
Issuing Authority:
N/A
Weight:5.1 g
Diameter:18.57 mm
Mint:Rome (Settlement)
Date:
132 BCE
Denomination: quadrans
Obverse Image Description:Head of Hercules wearing lion skin headdress, right. Three pellets in left field behind head. All surrounded by a border of dots
Obverse Inscription:none
Reverse Image Description:Prow of ship, right. Three pellets in right field .
Reverse Inscription:M FABRI, NI in two lines above prow. [ROMA] in exergue.
Attached People:
John Bargrave (1610-1680) - Collector
Bibliographic Source(s):
Roman Republican Coinage ..., page: 280, no. 251/3, Pl. XXXVII, notes:
Notes:Worn
Catalogue References
Li Ms E16c 9 Head, perhaps of Jupiter
Capitolinus. [3 pellets]
Reverse. The Prow of a Ship [3 pellets]
over it*AFARRI
NI
*MFABRI as the following
coin has it. Bargrave
The two last are old
Quadrantes of the Assis
of an ounce weight.
See Entry in Catalogue Li Ms E16d No. 9 Head perhaps of Jupiter
Capitolinus [three circles angled upward]
Rev: The prow of a ship [three circles angled upward]
over it AFARRI
NI
pw gr
3 : 7
Bargrave
See Entry in Catalogue
Li Ms E16c 9 Head, perhaps of Jupiter
Capitolinus. [3 pellets]
Reverse. The Prow of a Ship [3 pellets]
over it*AFARRI
NI
*MFABRI as the following
coin has it. Bargrave
The two last are old
Quadrantes of the Assis
of an ounce weight.
See Entry in Catalogue Li Ms E16d No. 9 Head perhaps of Jupiter
Capitolinus [three circles angled upward]
Rev: The prow of a ship [three circles angled upward]
over it AFARRI
NI
pw gr
3 : 7
Bargrave
See Entry in Catalogue