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1 Quadrans
| Issuer | Uncertain city of Central Italy |
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| Year | 301 BC - 201 BC |
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| Value | Quadrans (1/4) |
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| Obverse description | Ram's head in left profile, rendered in bold, archaic relief characteristic of Central Italian aes grave coinage. Three pellets, serving as value marks denoting the quadrans denomination, are arranged around the central device in the field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Heavy cast bronzes of this class — aes grave produced in central Italy during the third century BC — were already becoming obsolete as Rome's monetary system expanded its reach following the Second Punic War. The attribution to an uncertain issuing city is not unusual for this series; scholars have proposed various Umbrian and Samnite centers over the decades without consensus settling anywhere firmly.
At over 75 grams for a quadrans, this piece dates from before the progressive weight reductions that would render the heavy cast series impractical within a generation.