Anonymous issues, time of Hadrian to Antoninus Pius, 117-161. Quadrans (Copper, 16 mm, 2.79 g, 12 h). Veiled head of the personification of Winter as a young boy to right, wearing wreath of reeds. Rev. S•C within olive wreath. Cohen VIII -. RIC II -. Van Heesch 1 and pl. XXV, 3. Attractive glossy patina. Somewhat smoothed and with minor traces of corrosion, otherwise, good very fine.

The young child portrayed on the obverse of this series of quadrantes was long regarded as Annius Verus, the second son of Marcus Aurelius. However, modern research has shown that these coins show personifications of the four seasons - in the case of this coin, it is the personification of Winter.