ROME. temp. Hadrian-Antoninus Pius. Circa AD 120-161 Æ Quadrans (16mm, 2.94 g, 7h) Rome mint Petasus Winged caduceus; S C flanking Weigel 18; RIC II 32; Cohen 36 Weigel reconsiders the anonymous quadrantes as a cohesive group. The series portrays a pantheon of eleven deities: Jupiter, Minerva, Roma, Neptune, Tiber, Mars, Venus, Apollo, Mercury, Bacchus/Liber, and Hercules. Types are primarily a portrait of the god, with an attribute on the reverse and are usually influenced by (but not directly copied from) earlier designs, primarily from the Republic. He updates the series to the reigns of Hadrian and Antoninus.
