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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Themes & Provenance| > |Denominations| > |Imperial Quadrantes| > RB91944
Roman Empire, Anonymous, Domitian to Antoninus Pius, c. 81 - 161 A.D.
|Imperial| |Quadrantes|, |Roman| |Empire,| |Anonymous,| |Domitian| |to| |Antoninus| |Pius,| |c.| |81| |-| |161| |A.D.|, Minerva was the Roman virgin goddess of wisdom, trade, medicine, defense, magic, and the arts: music, poetry, weaving, and crafts. She was born from the head of Jupiter. The Romans equated her with the Greek goddess Athena. She is often depicted with her sacred creature, an owl, which symbolizes her connection to wisdom.
RB91944. Copper quadrans, RIC II p. 216, 8; Cohen VIII p. 268, 7 var. (owl right); SRCV I 2918 var. (same), VF, dark green patina, earthen deposits, scratches, edge cracks, Rome mint, weight 3.568g, maximum diameter 16.7mm, die axis 180o, c. 138 - 161 A.D.; obverse helmeted bust of Minerva right; reverse owl standing slightly left, head facing, wings closed, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking across field; SOLD











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