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Roman Republic Quadrigatus

#1 Unread post by Gam3rBlake »

Hey fellow collectors!

I wanted to share my newest pickup with you guys. I think I got it at a great price!

This is a Roman Republic quadrigatus. The predecessor to the denarius.

It’s my first Roman coin from the Republic as my others are all denarii from the Roman Empire.

Officially they are supposed to weigh 6.8 grams so about equal to 2 denarii.

Although the description lists the obverse as a “youthful” Janus there is much debate among historians & numismatists about whether it’s actually the Dioscuri (Castor & Pollux) as Janus almost always has a beard.

Anonymous. Ca. 225-214/2 BC. AR didrachm or quadrigatus (23mm, 6.64 gm, 7h). NGC AU 5/5 - 3/5, overstruck. Uncertain mint. Laureate head of youthful Janus, two small annulets on top of head / Jupiter, hurling thunderbolt with right hand, scepter in left, in fast quadriga right driven by Victory; ROMA incuse on raised tablet below. Crawford 29/3. Sydenham 64.
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Awesome looking coin! 👍

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#3 Unread post by Earle42 »

I agree! Very nice and thanks for sharing.
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Gam3rBlake wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 4:55 am Hey fellow collectors!

I wanted to share my newest pickup with you guys. I think I got it at a great price!

This is a Roman Republic quadrigatus. The predecessor to the denarius.

It’s my first Roman coin from the Republic as my others are all denarii from the Roman Empire.

Officially they are supposed to weigh 6.8 grams so about equal to 2 denarii.

Although the description lists the obverse as a “youthful” Janus there is much debate among historians & numismatists about whether it’s actually the Dioscuri (Castor & Pollux) as Janus almost always has a beard.

Anonymous. Ca. 225-214/2 BC. AR didrachm or quadrigatus (23mm, 6.64 gm, 7h). NGC AU 5/5 - 3/5, overstruck. Uncertain mint. Laureate head of youthful Janus, two small annulets on top of head / Jupiter, hurling thunderbolt with right hand, scepter in left, in fast quadriga right driven by Victory; ROMA incuse on raised tablet below. Crawford 29/3. Sydenham 64.
Good looking coin.Resell

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#5 Unread post by thairunts »

I know you posted this months ago, but I have to agree.. I love Roman / Greek coins with a quadriga and four horses on them - and yours is beautiful.

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Giovanni20 wrote: Tue Sep 14, 2021 4:22 am
Gam3rBlake wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 4:55 am Hey fellow collectors!

I wanted to share my newest pickup with you guys. I think I got it at a great price!

This is a Roman Republic quadrigatus. The predecessor to the denarius.

It’s my first Roman coin from the Republic as my others are all denarii from the Roman Empire.

Officially they are supposed to weigh 6.8 grams so about equal to 2 denarii.

Although the description lists the obverse as a “youthful” Janus there is much debate among historians & numismatists about whether it’s actually the Dioscuri (Castor & Pollux) as Janus almost always has a beard.

Anonymous. Ca. 225-214/2 BC. AR didrachm or quadrigatus (23mm, 6.64 gm, 7h). NGC AU 5/5 - 3/5, overstruck. Uncertain mint. Laureate head of youthful Janus, two small annulets on top of head / Jupiter, hurling thunderbolt with right hand, scepter in left, in fast quadriga right driven by Victory; ROMA incuse on raised tablet below. Crawford 29/3. Sydenham 64.
Good looking coin.Resell
Nooo I don’t want to resell. It’s all MINE ^_^
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thairunts wrote: Thu Sep 30, 2021 12:21 pm I know you posted this months ago, but I have to agree.. I love Roman / Greek coins with a quadriga and four horses on them - and yours is beautiful.
Thanks! :)

Yeah I love the art on Ancient & Greek coins. I also agree that the quadriga looks super cool!

What I really love about this coin is:

1). It’s overstruck. Meaning it was struck over an older coin. Probably a Greek didrachm.

2). I can’t help but love coins that say “ROMA” on them. xD

3). It’s from the Second Punic War made of silver paid as reparations to Rome by Carthage after the First Punic War. As Hannibal was rampaging through Italy these coins began to be debased so it can be assumed that mine is from the beginning of the Second Punic War as mine is obviously a very high purity silver coin.

It looks even better in person. Really nice for being 2,200 years old and still having lots of luster and not much wear or damage.
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#8 Unread post by thairunts »

Not that they compare to yours, but here are a few recent quadrigas I had on my desk ranging from 137 to 46 BC.

1) Cn Domitius Ahenobarbus
2) Marcus Baebius
3) T Carisius
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Actually, the first one only had 2 horses.. oops..

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thairunts wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 6:34 pm Not that they compare to yours, but here are a few recent quadrigas I had on my desk ranging from 137 to 46 BC.

1) Cn Domitius Ahenobarbus
2) Marcus Baebius
3) T Carisius

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Nice ones! Looks like those are coins of the Republic?

Yeah the two horse chariot was called a “biga” vs the four horse “quadriga”. That’s why my coin is called a “quadrigatus”. It’s unknown what it was called in ancient times so modern historians just call it a Quadrigatus.

Livy (1st century historian) called them heavy denarii but historians think it was more likely called a didrachm.
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#11 Unread post by Earle42 »

All of those are simply amazing. Quit showing them to us or I will want some myself 😂
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