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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Adoptive Emperors| > |Hadrian| > RB87147
Roman Empire, Anonymous, Domitian to Antoninus Pius, c. 81 - 161 A.D.
|Hadrian|, |Roman| |Empire,| |Anonymous,| |Domitian| |to| |Antoninus| |Pius,| |c.| |81| |-| |161| |A.D.|, Quadrantes, like quinarii, were issued only occasionally, perhaps exclusively for imperial distributions. Suetonius reported that, from the roof of the Basilica Julia "Caligula threw coins among the people." Perhaps this small coin was thrown to the crowd by the emperor himself at a similar event.
RB87147. Bronze quadrans, RIC II p. 218, 25; King Quadrantes p. 71, 7; SRCV I 2924 var. (dove right), VF, thin flan, some striking weakness, very light corrosion/deposits, Rome mint, weight 0.954g, maximum diameter 15.8mm, die axis 180o, c. 81 - 161 A.D.; obverse diademed and draped bust of Venus right, wearing stephane, no legend; reverse dove standing left, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking low across field; ex Roma Numismatics e-sale 40 (28 Oct 2017), 558; SOLD










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