Description

Collection Number: WC 442
Object Number:
Dates: 260 BC - 260 BC
Denomination: litra
Dimensions: 18.00mm
Weight: 5.17g
Authority: Roman Republic
Mint: Rome
Languages: Latin

Obverse Type: Head of Minerva left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with gryphon; beaded border
Obverse Legend:

none

Obverse Inscription Languages: none
Obverse Mintmarks:

none

Obverse Inscription Comment: none

Reverse Type: Head of bridled horse right, legend behind (legend obscured by corrosion)
Reverse Legend:

[ROMANO] or variant

Reverse Inscription Languages: Latin
Reverse Mintmarks:

none

Reverse Inscription Comments: none

Bibliography

M. Crawford Roman Republican Coinage (cambirdge; 1974), no. 17/1a-c

N. K. Rutter Historia Numorum. Italy (London: 2001), no. 278

WC I no. 442 (this coin)

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