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ID:     61-171
Type:     Roman Republican
Issuer:     Letter
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     Quadrans
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     214-212 BC
Weight:     17.6 g
Obverse Legend:     L
Obverse Description:     Head of Mercury r., wearing winged petasus; above, one pellet to l. of the wings and two to r.; below, L
Reverse Legend:     ROMA
Reverse Description:     Prow r.; below, three pellets.
Mint Mark:     L
Mint:     Luceria
Primary Reference:     Crawford 97/5c
Reference2:     Sydenham -
Reference3:     Historia Numorum Italy -
Photograph Credit:     Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
Source:     http://www.arsclassicacoins.com/
Price Sold For:     1000 CHF
Date Sold:     10/5/2011
Grade:     gVF
Notes:     NAC Sale 61, Lot 171. Very rare. Dark green patina and good very fine Ex Hess 1912, Tolstoi, 94; Schulman 15 March 1923, Vierordt, 173; and Triton I, 1997, 934 sales. (RBW Collection)