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)