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Identification Help Needed: Greek Or Roman Bronze, Bust Right, Reverse Three Banners Or Stalks

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Not sure if this is Greek, Roman, or ?

AE14-AE15. 3.1g, 14.6mm x 2.4mm thick. Obverse appears to be a helmeted bust right with an indiscernible legend. Reverse has what looks like 3 stalks or banners, and the letters S C (?) to the left and right respectively.

Hoping someone might recognize it based on the reverse.

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Can't make out the emperor, but the reverse appears to be - S C (Senatus Consulto 'by decree of the senate') across field, with a legionary eagle between two standards.

https://www.acsearch.info/search.ht...=usd&order=1
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Well done, Novicius. I think that is in fact the AE semis of Hadrian or very close. I had no idea that was an eagle!

Can't read the consul year, of course. The semis listed at the top is a bit larger in diameter, at 16.5 mm vs. my example at 14.6mm, but the weight listed is 2g vs. my example at 3.1g. I can understand the reduced diameter due to heavy wear. The coin at least has quite a nice patina, a bit crusty, very original-looking though.

Weights seem to be all over the place; I see anywhere from 2.0g to 3.3g listed.

Out of curiosity, what is the difference between a "semis" and a "quadrans?" Is it a matter of weight, or diameter, or both?
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There is an excellent article here on Augustus Coins: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/quadrans/
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Excellent - thank you for the link. I'll go read up now. I am not as familiar with the earlier fractional denominations. Trying to figure out whether a coin is a "sestertius", "dupondius", "tetradrachm" or "pentassarion" for example (especially when called different things by different references) is challenging enough and now I need to delve into the fractional coinage.
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