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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 8329675, member: 82616&quot;]Yet another misattributed Flavian rarity lurking in plain sight on MA Coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1476392[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Vespasian</b></p><p>Æ Quadrans, 3.11g</p><p>Rome Mint, 76 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP VESPASIAN AVG; Rudder on globe</p><p>Rev: P M TR P P P COS VII; S C in field; Caduceus, winged</p><p>RIC 900 (R). BMC p. 170 *. BNC -.</p><p>Acquired from London Ancient Coins, April 2022.</p><p><br /></p><p>The quadrans in the early imperial period typically lacked an imperial portrait. Possibly the denomination was deemed so lowly by mint officials that a portrait was considered improper. They were struck haphazardly and functioned primarily as an urban low value coinage in Rome and central Italy. The quadrans was the typical fee for entry into the baths, a urinal, or for a tryst in a cheap brothel. Being of rather low value quadrantes were not typically hoarded and thus are relatively scarce today being virtually absent from site finds outside central and south-central Italy (in contrast, over 1,827 quadrantes have been found at Pompeii). The rudder over globe suggests Vespasian&#039;s continued steady hand guiding the empire. Extremely rare issue dated COS VII. Missing from the BM and Paris collections.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you have a coin with an odd shape? Let&#039;s see it!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for looking![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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