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<p>[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 2863843, member: 82322"]I have two. This first one I am only posting because no one else has posted this type. I bought it sight unseen from a Frank Robinson bargain list for $9.75.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]682804[/ATTACH]NERVA 96-98 AD, Quadrans 2.67g 15mm</p><p>Obv: Modius Rev: SC, winged caduceus </p><p>Frank S Robinson, November 15 2016 Bargain List, lot 143, $9.75 </p><p>Frank's description: "F/VG, centered, reddish-brown, obv sl rough with lgnd partly wk, rev more rough. Very scarce. In a flip labeled VF+!"</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not sure why quadrans are nearly always found in rough shape. This next one is less rough than usual:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]682805[/ATTACH]</p><p>Claudius. A.D. 41-54. Æ quadrans. Rome. 17mm 3.57g</p><p>Obv: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG, hand holding scales above PNR</p><p>Rev: PON M TR P IMP P P COS II around large S C.</p><p>From some code on the 2x2 this is possibly ex Alex G Malloy, auction 42, March 1996, lot 451. I lack the catalog to verify that claim.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 2863843, member: 82322"]I have two. This first one I am only posting because no one else has posted this type. I bought it sight unseen from a Frank Robinson bargain list for $9.75. [ATTACH=full]682804[/ATTACH]NERVA 96-98 AD, Quadrans 2.67g 15mm Obv: Modius Rev: SC, winged caduceus Frank S Robinson, November 15 2016 Bargain List, lot 143, $9.75 Frank's description: "F/VG, centered, reddish-brown, obv sl rough with lgnd partly wk, rev more rough. Very scarce. In a flip labeled VF+!" I am not sure why quadrans are nearly always found in rough shape. This next one is less rough than usual: [ATTACH=full]682805[/ATTACH] Claudius. A.D. 41-54. Æ quadrans. Rome. 17mm 3.57g Obv: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG, hand holding scales above PNR Rev: PON M TR P IMP P P COS II around large S C. From some code on the 2x2 this is possibly ex Alex G Malloy, auction 42, March 1996, lot 451. I lack the catalog to verify that claim.[/QUOTE]
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