1 Triens Archaic wheel / Crescents

Features

Issuer Uncertain Etruscan mint (Etruria)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 240 BC - 225 BC
Value 1 Triens = ⅓ As
Currency Inland Etruria - As (circa 240-201 BC)
Composition Bronze
Weight 53.25 g
Diameter 47 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
179055
References ICC# 187,
Italo Vecchi; 2013. Italian Cast Coinage. B & H Kreindler, London, United Kingdom.
HN Italy# 64c,
N. Keith Rutter, Andrew Burnett; 2001. Historia numorum : Italy. British Museum Press, London, United Kingdom.
Catalli# 81c,
Fiorenzo Catalli; 1998. Monete Etrusche (2nd edition). Libreria dello Stato, Rome, Italy.
Haeberlin# p. 272,
Ernst Justus Haeberlin; 1910. Aes Grave : das Schwergeld Roms und Mittelitaliens einschliesslich der ihm vorausgehenden Rohbronzewährung. Joseph Baer, Frankfurt, Germany.
SNG Firenze 2# 1092
Fiorenzo Catalli; 2007. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Italia, Firenze / Part 2. Etruria : Museo Archeologico Nazionale. Numismatica Ars Classica, Florence, Italy.

Obverse

Archaic wheel.

Reverse

Three crescents with four dots surrounding the outer border.

Edge

Smooth.

Comments

The Archaic wheel / Value coins are part of the Archaic wheel / Crescents series.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (240 BC - 225 BC) 

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