Sextans Scallop

Features

Issuer Uncertain city of Central Italy
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 269 BC - 265 BC
Value 1 Sextans (⅙)
Currency Unrecognizable series - As (circa 301-201 BC)
Composition Bronze
Weight 36.89 g
Diameter 33 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Cast
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
275420
References HN Italy# 292,
N. Keith Rutter, Andrew Burnett; 2001. Historia numorum : Italy. British Museum Press, London, United Kingdom.
ICC# 45
Italo Vecchi; 2013. Italian Cast Coinage. B & H Kreindler, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Scallop shell seen from outside; below, two pellets

Reverse

Scallop shell seen from inside

Comments

Roman cast sextans (Aes Grave). Coinage was based on the libral standard, where an 'As' referred to a coin and the weight. 1 As = 1 pound or 12 uncia (ounces). The weight standard changed around 265BC (just before the Punic Wars) so that 1 As = 10 uncia (the light libral standard). A sextans is 1/6th of an As

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (269 BC - 265 BC) 

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