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ID: |
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74000513 |
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[UNVERIFIED]
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| Type: |
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Roman Republican |
| Issuer: |
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Quadrigatus Coinage |
| Date Ruled: |
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225-212 BC
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| Metal: |
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Silver |
| Denomination: |
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Didrachm or Quadrigatus |
| Struck / Cast: |
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struck |
| Date Struck: |
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BC 225-212 |
| Weight: |
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6.78 g |
| Die Axis: |
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6 h |
| Obverse Description: |
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Laureate head of Janus, annulets in hair, slightly curved truncation |
| Reverse Legend: |
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ROMA |
| Reverse Description: |
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ROMA incuse on raised tablet in exergue, Jupiter, holding thunderbolt in right hand and scepter in left, in fast quadriga driven right by Victory |
| Mint: |
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Rome |
| Primary Reference: |
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Crawford 28/3 |
| Reference2: |
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RSC 23 |
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Sydenham 64 |
| Reference4: |
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cf. Kestner 90-95; cf. BMCRR Romano-Campanian 78; Hersh, Quadrigatus - |
| Photograph Credit: |
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Classical Numismatic Group |
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http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=96926 |
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Grade:
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EF, toned, traces of horn silver, minor hairline flan cracks at 12 and 3 oU+2019clock |
| Notes: |
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Sale: Triton X, Lot: 513 Attractive style, high relief. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 55 (13 September 2000), lot 1001; MÜnzen und Medaillen 54 (26 October 1978), lot 15 @ 4400 SFr.; Walter Niggeler Collection (Bank Leu/MÜnzen und Medaillen, 21 October 1966), lot 790. |
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