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Quadrans
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The quadrans (literally meaning a "a quarter") was low value Roman bronze ...

 


Caligula Æ quadrans. COS TERT PON M TR P IIII P P around large RCC / C CAESAR DIV AVG PRON AVG Liberty cap, S C at sides.
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c'est la première émission de quadrans pour les triumvirs monétaires. L'atelier de Rome semblait en chõmage depuis trois ans. Bien que la mention de triumvirs au droit soit toujours indiquée, ils sont remplacés à partir de 5 avant J.-C.

Quadrans
The smallest copper coin issued by the Roman Empire, though in the early Republic, even smaller coins were issued. Worth a quarter of an as, or 1/64th of a denarius.
Quarter
Short for a coin of the quarter dollar denomination.

Quadrans. Same; beneath, •••
ORRA Fulmen; beneath, ΓΟR, •••
Quincunx. Bust of Aphrodite, sceptre over shoulder.

Quadrans. Head of Poseidon •••
„ Dolphin and trident.
Sextans. Head of Demeter ••
„ Cockle-shell.
Uncia. Head of Apollo • ...

quadrans, kodrantes
1/4 as
This may be wrong, since David R. Sear [Roman Coins and Their Values, Seaby, London, 1988, and Byzantine Coins and Their Values, Seaby, London, 1987] says nothing of the sort.

Nero, AE Quadrans, c.63, Issue II, Rome
NERO CLA_V CAESAR AVG GER
Helmet right, on column, against which leans round shield with gorgoneion design, transverse spear behind
PON M TR-P IMP P P
Upright olive branch
14mm x 15mm, 2.37g
RIC I, 129 (S) ...

248a---Æ Quadrans. Altar/SC. C. NAEVIVS CAPELLA. SR-1704. VF, bit o.c. $50
*249 TIBERIUS. 14-37 AD. AR Denarius. Livia seated right in plain chair. New Testament Biblical Tribute Penny . SR-1763, H-916. aVF $250 ...

Trajan 98-117 CE Æ Quadrans (2.32 g)
Obv: Bust of Hercules right wearing lion's skin.
Rx: Boar walking right.
reference - RIC II 702.

Other denominations in this series have a head of Minerva (semis), a thunderbolt and a dolphin (triens), corn grains and a hand (quadrans), scallop shell and caduceus (sextans), knuckle bone (uncia), and acorn (semuncia).

Another coin of Domitian (or possibly slightly later) is this anonymous quadrans (1/4 as) showing a helmeted head of Minerva with the owl on the reverse.

R0641 3005 Claudius: AE 15 Quadrans
$135.00
Obv. PNR
Hand holding scales
Rev. PON M TR P IMP P P COS II S C encircled by legend
2.85 g
RIC 91. nEF, dark green patina ...

Not all coins have pictures of the emperor, especially the lower denominations like the quadrans--dating these coins can be difficult.

Early Republic Values (after. 211 B.C.) [1] Denarius Sestertius Dupondius As Semis Triens Quadrans Denarius
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