Semis
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Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Republic (509 BC - 27 BC)
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Republic (509 BC - 27 BC)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 91 BC |
| Value | Semis (1⁄32) |
| Currency | Denarius of 16 Asses (141 – 27 BC) |
| Composition | Brąz |
| Weight | 7.85 g |
| Diameter | 25 mm |
| Thickness | 2 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły (nieregularny) |
| Technique | Młotkowana |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 112484 |
| References | RRC# 339/2 Michael Hewson Crawford; 1974. Roman Republican Coinage. Cambridge University Press, London, United Kingdom (2 volumes). , CRR# 679a Edward Allen Sydenham, Leonard Forrer (ed.); 1952. The Coinage of the Roman Republic. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. David R. Sear; 2000. Roman Coins and Their Values / Volume 1. The Republic and the Twelve Caesars 280 BC-AD 96. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.Herbert Appold Grueber; 1910. Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (3 volumes). |
Obverse
(en) Head of Saturn, right, laureate; denomination mark S behind.
Anepigraphic.
Reverse
(en) Prow of galley right; above, denomination mark S; below, ROMA.
Script: łaciński
Lettering: ROMA
Edge
Zwykły
Mint
Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)Comments
(en) Low weight is consistent with a strike around 1st century BC, approaching the ending times of the Republic.
Major catalogs agree on a strike around 91 BC while the British Museum would place it around 86 BC.
Major catalogs agree on a strike around 91 BC while the British Museum would place it around 86 BC.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (-91) | |||||||||||||||
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