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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sand, post: 8230780, member: 118540&quot;]I don&#039;t know, which were the earliest bronze coins, with the denomination marked on the coin.</p><p>For many of the early Roman Republic bronze coins, created in the 3rd century BC, each coin had a mark, which indicated its value.</p><p><br /></p><p>The As had a &quot;1&quot; mark, sometimes on both sides, such as on the following coin. There is a &quot;1&quot; (somewhat obscured) above Janus&#039;s head on the obverse, and a &quot;1&quot; above the ship&#039;s prow on the reverse. This is my coin, and these are my photos. This coin was minted from 211 BC To 206 BC.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446959[/ATTACH] </p><p>The Semis, which was worth 1/2 of an As, had an &quot;S&quot;, sometimes on both sides, such as on the following coin. There is an &quot;S&quot; to the left of Saturn&#039;s head on the obverse, and an &quot;S&quot; above the ship&#039;s prow on the reverse. This is my coin, but these are the seller photos, not my photos. This coin was minted from 211 BC To 206 BC.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446960[/ATTACH] </p><p>Also in the 3rd century BC, the Triens, which was worth 1/3 of an As, had 4 dots on the coin, because 1/3 of an As was equal to 4 uncia. Here is an example of such a Triens. There are 4 dots above Minerva&#039;s head on the obverse, and 4 dots below the ship&#039;s prow on the reverse. <b><span style="color: #ff0000">This is not my coin.</span></b> The photos are from ACsearch.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446961[/ATTACH] </p><p>Also in the 3rd century BC, the Quadrans, which was worth 1/4 of an As, had 3 dots on the coin, because 1/4 of an As was equal to 3 uncia. Here is an example of such a Quadrans. There are 3 dots to the right of the Hercules&#039;s head on the obverse, and 3 dots below the ship&#039;s prow on the reverse. <span style="color: #ff0000"><b>This is not my coin.</b></span> The photos are from ACsearch.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446962[/ATTACH] </p><p>There were also other denominations, for the Roman Republic bronze coins of the 3rd century BC.</p><p>The Sextans (1/6 of an As) often had 2 dots on the coin, because a sextans was worth 2 uncia.</p><p>The Uncia often had 1 dot on the coin.</p><p>There was also a 2 As bronze coin, and a semuncia (1/2 uncia), and maybe even higher denominations of bronze coins (5 As? maybe? I don&#039;t remember), but I don&#039;t remember, if those coins had their value marked on them.</p><p>I&#039;m not an expert in this area. Perhaps other CoinTalkers know of earlier bronze coins, which had the denomination marked on them, and perhaps they know what the earliest exact dates were.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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