1 Quartuncia Wheel / Axe, struck

The Quartuncia represents the smallest fractional denomination in the Etruscan aes grave system — one-quarter of an uncia, itself one-twelfth of an as. The issuing mint remains unattributed with confidence, though several northern Etruscan centers have been proposed over the decades without scholarly consensus holding. The date range overlaps precisely with the Second Punic War, a period when Etruscan bronze coinage was being progressively displaced by the expanding Roman monetary system pushing northward from Latium.