Picture Questions

Bronze as, 260s BC, cast, Head of Apollo on both sides

bronze quadrans, 240-30 BC, cast, Obv: three dots vertical, right hand, club. Rev: club, left hand, three dots vertical

what do the three dots represent?

quadrans

significance of aes grave?

Rome’s first standardised, fiduciary coinage system issued directly by the state with a fixed monetary value

silver didrachm, 300 BC, Metapontum, obv: helmeted head of bearded Mars. Rev: horse’s head, corn ear

silver didrachm, 240-30 BC, Obv: helmeted head of beardless Mars, club. Rev: Horse galloping

bronze as, 225-217 BC, cast, Rome, obv: laureate head of bearded Janus. Rev: ship’s prow and I

silver didrachm, 225-215 BC, Rome, Obv: Laureate janiform head of Dioscuri. Rev: Jupiter in quadriga, driven by Victory

Gold 60-as piece, from 214/212 BC, Obv: Helmeted head of bearded Mars, Rev: eagle on thunderbolt

significance?

emergency gold coinage during the Second Punic War

silver victoriatus, 214/212 BC, Obv: Laureate head of Jupiter, Rev: victory crowning a trophy

silver denarius, from 141 BC, retariffed to 16 asses