Æ24 SARD PATER

Features

Issuer	Uselis (Corsica and Sardinia)
Period	Republic (509 BC - 27 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	62 BC
Currency	Denarius (49 BC to AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	6.52 g
Diameter	24 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 447958
References	RPC Online I# 625 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/) , FITA# 150-2 Michael Grant; 1946. From Imperium to Auctoritas: A Historical Study of Aes Coinage in the Roman Empire, 49 B.C.–A.D. 14. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Head left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: M ATIVS BALBVS PR

Unabridged legend: M(arcus) Atius Balbus pr(aetor)

Translation: Marcus Atius Balbus, praetor

Reverse

Helmeted head of Sardus Pater right, spear at shoulder.

Script: Latin

Lettering: SARD PATER

Unabridged legend: Sard(us) Pater

Translation: Sardus Pater

Mint

Uselis, Sardinia, modern-day Usellus, Italy

Comments

Magistrate of Marcus Atius Balbus.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (-62)

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