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1 Quadrans
| Issuer | Uncertain city of Central Italy |
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| Year | 301 BC - 201 BC |
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| Currency | As (circa 301-201 BC) |
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| Reverse description | A krater (large two-handled vessel) depicted in profile, centrally placed in the field, rendered in the bold, simplified style typical of central Italian aes grave. Three pellets arranged vertically to the right of the krater serve as the value mark denoting the quadrans, or one-quarter of the as. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The heavy aes grave series of central Italy presents persistent attribution problems, and this quadrans is no exception — "uncertain city" is not a cataloger's evasion but an honest reflection of scholarship's limits. At 61.48g, this piece falls within the expected range for a pre-reform libral or sub-libral standard, before Rome's Second Punic War pressures drove systematic weight reductions across the Italian bronze series. The Sydenham and Thurlow-Vecchi references place it within a coherent typological group, but the issuing authority remains genuinely contested among specialists.