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)