the semuncia (Latin semiuncia, ie half ounce): had the value of the twenty-fourth part of the as.It was issued only during the Second Punic War (218 - 201 BC). The quincunx: it was worth the 5/12 of the as, than 5 ounces, and.Rare denomination that was worth 3/4 of the as. The bes : a coin that was worth two-thirds of the axis (8 ounces) and was only produced in 126 BC by C.
Other bronze coins coined in Rome and linked to the as system were: On the obverse there was the head of the emperor withoutĪny inscription, while on the reverse there was the initial "SC" (Senatus Consulto). In this phase, the diameter of the coin was of 11-14 The image most used for the front after 240 BC was to Rome with his helmet.ĭuring the Empire, an ounce was briefly also minted under Trajan (98-117)Īnd Hadrian (117-138). The uncia (plural unciae) it had a value of a twelfth of asĪnd a theoretical weight of around 27 grams. Prow, although in the coinage of central Italy there was a great variety of images, such as shells, caduceus, tridents, cornucopias, Pellets representing the value, while on the reverse he had the usual galley On the obverse of theīronze coin was represented Mercury, in addition to the two cells The sextans was the submultiple equal to one sixth of the as, then 2 ounces. After the adoption of the uncial system in 90 BC, the quadrant was the coin of lower value to be coined, continuing to be coined until the time of Antoninus Pius (138-161 On the right the head of Hercules wasĭepicted, while the reverse there was the usual galley prow.
It was characterized by three pellets (representatives of three ounces) as The quadrans was used since the initial melted The quadrans (literally "a quarter") was a Roman bronze coin that was worth 1/4 of one as. Lightning on the front and a dolphin on the reverse.
It was not a common denomination and it was mintedįor the last time in 89 B.C. Most common type of triens was Minerva, with four globules on the front and the trientes) was worth one third of the as, so 4 ounces. In theīyzantine coinage, the term was referred to coins were worth one half The coin has rarely been issued during the Roman empireĪnd it was dismissed at the time of Hadrian (117-138 AD). Roman bronzes it began to be struck with hammer just before the Second Punic Initially it was a cast coin as all the other Republican The bronze coin wasĬharacterized by the image of the god Saturn on the front and by the prow of a Pellets (showing a theoretical weight of the 6 unciae). During the Roman Republic, the semis was marked by the 'S' or by 6 semisses, that literally means the half) was worth the half With their image on the front and the mark used to display the value Submultiples of the asīesides the as, a certain number of fractions were produced organized in aĭuodecimal system linked to the uncia, one-twelfth of a libra (pound) in the following table the fractions of the as are shown,
MOST COMMON ROMAN COINS SERIES
The last series of the "aes grave" was the "wheel" one,ĭepicted on the reverse. The name of the series comes from the bow of a ship depicted on the (around 225 B.C., in concomitance with the introduction of the quadrigatus). In the republican era, the prow series in bronze was introduced On the coin, in addition to the mark "I" as the value of the coin of Series, whose name derives from the images of the two divinities reported The first series of the as was the Janus-Mercury Initially the as was produced as cast coinage, then (the "libra", equal to 273 g), then becoming a Roman pound (327 g). Unit of weight, having an initial weight equal to a Latin pound The value of the bronze contained in the coin was The as, or more precisely the aes grave (or aes
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