![]() The quadrans (Greek κοδράντης) is mentioned twice in the Bible (as noted by "Roman Collector" on CoinTalk). Semis (The semis was introduced by Nero) two to the as, 32 to the denarius The new system lasted for almost two hundred years. It included the gold aureus, the silver denarius (that had dominated the Republican system), and these smaller copper denominations which had not been issued, or hardly issued in the previous century under the Republic (Almost no bronze had been issued since 86 BC), including theĭupondius two to a sestertius, eight to a denariusĪs (the most commonly found low denomination on archaeological sites) four to a sestertius, 16 to a denarius The quadrans denomination began under the Roman Republic, but this site is devoted to imperial coins and with only a few comments on Republican quadrantes. We pick up the story when Augustus (27 BC - AD 14) reformed the coinage system to add to it new small denominations. There is also a page on frequency of low denominations. This site first summarizes coins of four categories (all photos are to scale):ġ) Roman imperial quadrantes attributable to particular emperors from Augustus through Domitian (27 BC - AD 96),Ģ) Anonymous quadrantes said to be of the period from Domitian to Marcus Aurelius (AD 81-180)ģ) Quadrantes from the anonymous time period that can be attributed to a particular emperor, andĤ) Coins of the mines- coins the size of quadrantes that mention particular mines.Ħ) This page also imultaneously discusses coins of the semis denomination, which are often called quadrantes for convenience because they can be hard to tell apart: " Quadrans or semis?"ħ) Many other examples organized by emperor.Ĩ) A comment on Roman Republican quadrantes.ĩ) A a page of reference works about the quadrans denomination. 6: A link to a Numis Forums thread on the quadrans and semis denominations.Ģ022, July 19: A so-called semis of Trajan Decius.Ģ022, April 26: An example of the smallest Roman denomi nation for Hadrian.Ģ022, April 24: Domitian semis struck at Rome for circulation in Syria.Ģ021, July 6: The smallest Roman denomination struck for distribution in Syria.Ĭontents. 5: anonymous with Griffin/tripod.Ģ022, Sept. This particular type is thought by scholars to be a semis, even though it is usually called an "anonymous quadrans." Criteria for distinguishing the two denomination are discussed later on this page. They can be hard to tell apart and, if we don't know which it is, we often just call any small coin a quadrans. The term quadrans is used for small AE coins much more often than semis. The anonymous types are attributed to the period from Domitian (81-96) through Antoninus Pius (138-160) or possibly as late as Marcus Aurelius. It is "anonymous" because omits the name and portrait of the emperor. ![]() To the right is an "anonymous" semis, 18 mm in diameter, with a bust of helmeted Mars right/cuirass with S C. Production of both stopped sometime in the middle of the second century, probably because inflation finally made them worth too little. The semis was worth two quadrantes ( quadrans is singular, quadrantes is plural) and is even less common. It was not worth much then, it was not issued in large numbers, and it was not hoarded, so is not common now. In the first and second centuries AD the quadrans was the smallest Roman coin denomination.
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