Description
Collection Number: WC 502
Object Number:
Dates: 225 BC - 212 BC
Denomination: hemistater
Dimensions: 14.27mm
Weight: 3.41g
Authority: Roman Republic
Mint: Rome
Languages: Latin
Obverse Type: Janiform head of Dioscuri within pearl border
Obverse Legend:
none
Obverse Inscription Languages: none
Obverse Mintmarks:
none
Obverse Inscription Comment: none
Reverse Type: Two soldiers taking oath over pig held by youth, ROMA below exergual line; no border
Reverse Legend:
ROMA
Reverse Inscription Languages: Latin
Reverse Mintmarks:
none
Reverse Inscription Comments: none
Provenance
Basel Münzhandlung 8 (22-23 March, 1937) no. 457
Michele Baranowsky (Milan, 1929) Fixed Price List, Second and Third Parts, no. 1140
Bibliography
Roman Republican Coinage 28/2
Coinage of the Roman Republic 70
WC II no. 20 (this coin)