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1 Quadrans
| Issuer | Iguvium |
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| Year | 280 BC - 240 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | IFUKINS (Translation: Iguvium) |
| Reverse description | A three-spoked wheel occupying the central field, with a single pellet placed in each of the three spaces between the spokes, serving as value marks denoting the quadrans denomination. The wheel motif is enclosed within a circular border. The design is boldly cast in relief, characteristic of the aes grave coinage tradition of Central Italy during the late 4th to early 3rd century BC. |
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Iguvium — modern Gubbio in Umbria — was among the handful of central Italian communities that issued heavy cast aes grave during the mid-Republican period, before Rome's monetary dominance rendered local bronze coinage obsolete. The weight of surviving specimens varies considerably, suggesting production by local foundries working without strict metrological control rather than any centralised authority enforcing a standard.
The Iguvine Tablets, the famous bronze inscriptions recovered from the same city, confirm the sophistication of local religious and civic administration — yet the coinage tradition here was short-lived, extinguished as Roman confederation tightened through the 3rd century.