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RRC 21/5

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RRC 21/5, Sextans, Bronze, struck at Rome, 269–266 BC. Obverse: scallop shell, seen from outside.. Reverse: scallop shell, seen from inside.. Weight about 40.7 g, diameter 37.5 mm.
obverse RRC 21/5
obverse: Scallop shell, seen from outside.
reverse RRC 21/5
reverse: Scallop shell, seen from inside.
mint Rome weight 40.70g (17)
ruler — diameter ⌀37.5 (2)
denomination Sextans axis 12↕ (10)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Republic dataset CRRO — Coinage of the Roman Republic Online
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Scallop shell, seen from outside.

reverse

Scallop shell, seen from inside.

specimens (24)
Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz 41.33g 12↕
American Numismatic Society 40.02g 12↕
American Numismatic Society 39.63g 12↕
American Numismatic Society 41.12g 12↕
American Numismatic Society 41.28g 12↕
American Numismatic Society 41.18g 12↕
American Numismatic Society 42.20g 12↕
American Numismatic Society 39.70g 12↕
RRC 21/5, Harvard Art Museums
Harvard Art Museums 34.52g 12↕
Fitzwilliam Museum (CRRO)
Fitzwilliam Museum (CRRO)
Fitzwilliam Museum (CRRO)
KENOM — Bonn 40.63g ⌀43.0 12↕
British Museum 45.43g
British Museum (CRRO)
British Museum 42.57g
British Museum (CRRO)
British Museum 41.54g
British Museum (CRRO)
British Museum 41.41g
British Museum (CRRO)
British Museum (CRRO)
British Museum 40.57g
NNC (DNB) 36.35g

Cite this coin

RRC 21/5 (rrc-21.5), 269–266 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/rrc-215/ (accessed: 2026-10-31). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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