Bronze uncia, 3.44 g.
Title
Bronze uncia, 3.44 g.
Creator
Anonymous
Date
215 - 212 BCE
Description
Obverse: Head of Roma facing right, wearing crested Attic helmet; behind, mark of value, · .
Reverse: Prow heading right; above, ROMA; below, mark of value, · .
Style/Period: Roman Republic
The head on the obverse is probably Roma, the personification of the city of Rome. The prow design on the reverse is similar to that of bronze asses of the time (see coin C003). The circular dot on both sides served as a mark of value denoting the coin as an uncia.
-- Bradford W. Wendel, LU '96
Bibliography: H. A. Grueber, Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum (London 1910), I, 23, no. 109; E. A. Sydenham, The Coinage of the Roman Republic (London 1952) 10, no. 108; R. Thomsen, Early Roman Coinage, II (Copenhagen 1961), 40-48; M. H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (London 1974), 151-152, no. 41/10.
-- Bradford W. Wendel, LU '96
Bibliography: H. A. Grueber, Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum (London 1910), I, 23, no. 109; E. A. Sydenham, The Coinage of the Roman Republic (London 1952) 10, no. 108; R. Thomsen, Early Roman Coinage, II (Copenhagen 1961), 40-48; M. H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (London 1974), 151-152, no. 41/10.
Source
Classics Department Collection. Provenance unknown.
Identifier
C001
Rights
Wriston Art Center Galleries, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI,wriston-gallery@lawrence.edu,920-832-6890
Files
Citation
Anonymous, “Bronze uncia, 3.44 g.,” Lawrence University Classics Department & Ottilia Buerger Coin Collections, accessed November 5, 2026, https://thor.lawrence.edu/omeka/buerger/items/show/362.