Description
Roman Republic, Anonymous issue, Æ Cast Quadrans (81.81g, 43mm), circa 280 BC. Obverse: Open right hand central, three vertical pellets (mark of value) to left field. Reverse: Two vertical barley-grains, three vertical pellets (mark of value) between. Crawford-14/4; HN Italy-271. A typically imposing early Republican cast issue, the impressiveness and weight only truly realized when held in hand, Very Fine for the issue.