1 Quadrans Archaic wheel / Value

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Scrittura del dritto	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
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Descrizione del rovescio	Plain, largely flat or slightly concave field bearing three pellets (value marks) arranged to denote the quadrans denomination, equivalent to one-quarter of an As. The pellets are distributed within a broad incuse depression typical of Etruscan Aes Grave fabric, with no legend or additional devices present. The surface shows the irregular flan characteristic of hand-hammered archaic Italian bronze coinage.
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Legenda del rovescio	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Bordo	Plain
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Informazioni aggiuntive	The Etruscan bronze cast coinages of this period remain among the most poorly documented in Italian numismatics — mint attributions are contested, and "uncertain Etruscan" reflects genuine scholarly disagreement rather than laziness. What is clear is that wheel-type quadrantes belong to a transitional moment when Etruscan city-states were losing political ground to Rome but had not yet abandoned independent monetary production. Some scholars place related issues at Volsinii or Vetulonia, though none of those attributions has achieved consensus.