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No coins can be attributed to this region during the period of the dominion of the Umbrians, Etruscans, or Gauls. The Romans conquered the country about B.C. 290, between which date and B.C. 268 the issue of coins at Ancona, Asculum (?), Firmum, and Hatria took place.
Ancona. This town, which was founded from Syracuse in the time of Dionysius the Elder, obtained its name from its position in a bend of the coast, αγκων; cf. the canting type of its coins, a bent arm. It was the chief port for the Illyrian trade, and it possessed a famous temple of Aphrodite. (Juvenal, iv. 40.) It was conquered by the Romans circ. B.C. 290.
Bust of Aphrodite (B. M. C., Italy, p. 40). | AΓKΩN Bent arm holding palm; above, two stars.
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Sescuncia. A | C (= 1½ ounces). |
Triens. Thunderbolt. | A
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Quadrans. Id. | A
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Sextans. Id. | A
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Uncia. Id. | A
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(?) Caduceus. | A |
(?) No type. | A |
Quadrans. Female head. | FIR Bull's head.
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Sextans. Bipennis. | Spear-head.
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As. Head of Seilenos facing. | HAT Dog sleeping.
I or |
Quincunx. HAT Human head in shell. | Pegasos.
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Triens. Head of Apollo (?). | HAT Kantharos.
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Quadrans. HAT Dolphin. | Fish (Ray?)
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Sextans. HAT Shoe. | Cock.
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Uncia. Anchor. | HAT
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Semuncia. H | A
Σ |
With regard to the attribution of the Semuncia see Berlin Cat., III. i. 15.