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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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| Weight | 8.97 g |
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| Reverse description | A stylized vine leaf, likely representing a grape or wine leaf, occupies the central field, flanked by three globular pellets disposed around it serving as the value mark for the quadrans denomination. The design is rendered in low cast relief with minimal detail, consistent with the aes grave coinage tradition of uncertain Central Italian mints. No inscription or legend is present. |
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| Mintage | ND (301 BC - 201 BC) - Only 4 examples known |
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Cast rather than struck, this heavy bronze quadrans belongs to a period when central Italian communities were producing aes grave alongside — and sometimes in competition with — the Roman monetary system expanding outward from the Tiber. Attribution to a specific city remains unresolved; Haeberlin's work on aes grave left numerous pieces in exactly this uncertain category, grouped by fabric and iconographic parallels rather than any epigraphic confirmation of origin.