Sextans

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Republic (509 BC - 27 BC)
Period	Republic (509 BC - 27 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	262 BC - 242 BC
Value	Sextans (⅙)
Currency	As (circa 280-221 BC)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	43.416 g
Diameter	34 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Cast
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 383663
References	RRC# 24/7 Michael Hewson Crawford; 1974. Roman Republican Coinage. Cambridge University Press, London, United Kingdom (2 volumes). , BMC Greek# 14-19 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , CRR# 63a Edward Allen Sydenham, Leonard Forrer (ed.); 1952. The Coinage of the Roman Republic. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , Haeberlin# 15 Ernst Justus Haeberlin; 1910. Aes Grave: das Schwergeld Roms und Mittelitaliens einschliesslich der ihm vorausgehenden Rohbronzewährung. Joseph Baer, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. , Sydenham Aes Grave# 91 Edward Allen Sydenham; 1926. Aes grave: A Study of the Cast Coinages of Rome and Central Italy. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , ICC 1979# 35a Bradbury K. Thurlow, Italo Vecchi; 1979. Italian Cast Coinage: Italian aes grave. Vecchi, London, United Kingdom. , HN Italy# 330 Neville Keith Rutter, Andrew Burnett; 2001. Historia numorum: Italy. British Museum, London, United Kingdom.

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Obverse

Tortoise.

Reverse

Wheel of six spokes, between spokes, denominational mark.

Lettering: ●●

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Haeberlin pl. 25, 15.

Weight varies from 36.46g-56.73g

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (262 BC - 242 BC)

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