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Quadrans GALVS APRONIVS A A A F F S C
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 5 BC |
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| Value | 1 Quadrans = 1/4 As = 1⁄64 Denarius |
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| Obverse lettering | SISENNA MESSALLA IIIVIR (Translation: Sisenna, Mesalla Triumviri. Sisenna and Mesalla, moneyers (Triumviri Monetalis).) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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This quadrans belongs to a remarkable series issued under Augustus in 5 BC, struck by the moneyers Gaius Egnatius Rufus, Lucius Naevius Surdinus, and Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi — the tresviri monetales whose abbreviated names appear in the legend. Augustus had effectively stripped the Senate of meaningful monetary authority while preserving its ceremonial role, and the S·C inscription on aes coinage was part of that careful fiction. The quadrans itself was the smallest denomination in regular Roman production, essential for everyday market transactions that silver never reached.