Show us your quadrigas (carriage drawn by four animals)

There are so many beautiful coins depicting the quadriga (carriage drawn by four animals). Please post what you've got. I will start this thread with a few modern coins of Italy. Let's see them all (modern & ancient) in this thread.

I just purchased an ancient coin with a wonderful quadriga. It is ancient copper the size of a US silver dollar. I will photograph it tonight.

 

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My All time favorite from the homeland

 

That is a phenomenal coin. (Of course, it depicts a Biga and not a Quadriga)

 

My apologies I just became aware that you asked for quadrigas lol. But in any case I love all chariot type coins your Italian coins are lovely as well. I also have an italian 1916 2 lira coin that I am fond of

 

Probus - Antoninianus
Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, Radiate, bust left in imperial mantle, holding scepter surmounted by eagle
Rev:– SOLI INVICTO, Sol in quadriga riding left, holding globe and whip
Minted in Rome (R in exe) Emission 2. A.D. 277
Reference(s) – RIC 204 Bust type H
Weight 5.63 gms.
Size 23.25 mm

 

Probus - Antoninianus
Obv:– IMP PROBVS AVG, Radiate, bust left in imperial mantle, holding scepter surmounted by eagle
Rev:– SOLI INVICTO, Sol in chariot riding left, holding globe and whip
Minted in Rome (R * E in exe) Emission 3 Officina 5. A.D. 278
Reference(s) – RIC 202 Bust type H
Weight 4.36 gms
Size 25.19 mm

 

Roman Republic
L. Cornelius Sulla and L. Manlius Torquatus, denarius, Ca. 82 BC.
Obv:- L. MANLI PRO Q, helmeted head of Roma right
Rev:- Sulla in triumphal quadriga right, crowned by Victory flying left above, L. SVLLA IM in exergue.
Minted in Military mint moving with Sulla. Ca. 82 BC.
Reference:- Crawford 367/5. RSC Manlia 4. RCTV 286

 

The quadriga that started it all (or at least a few hundred years of copied designs), from my Euainetos decadrachm (which I badly need to reimage, as this doesn't catch the flashy surfaces):

 

L. Julius Bursio (85 B.C.)
AR Denarius
O:Head of Apollo Vejovis, laureate and winged, r. trident and symbol behind.
R: Victory in quadriga r., holding wreath in outstretched hand, symbol above horses
L IVLIO BVRSIO in ex.
Rome
3.7g
19.6mm
Crawford 352/1a; Sydenham 728


L. Rubrius Dossenus 87 B.C.
O: DOSSEN Head of Jupiter right, scepter over shoulder, DOSSEN behind and below
R: L ·RVBRI Triumphal quadriga right, thunderbolt on side-panel, small Victory on top holding wreath, L ·RVBRI in ex.
Crawford 348/1 RSC Rubria 1 SRCV 258
3.62g
Ex. Harlan J. Berk.

 

Titus (79-81 A.D.)
AR Denarius
O: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head right.
R: TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII P P Quadriga of horses pacing left, drawing high garlanded car from which a flower emerges.
Rome
17mm
3.3g
RIC 025 RSC 278 BMCRE 018


Probus (276-282 AD)
AE silvered Antoninianus
A: IMP CM AVR PROBVS PF AVG, radiate bust in imperial mantle l., holding eagle-tipped sceptre.
R: SOLI INVICTO / CM / XXIT, radiate Sol in spread quadriga, hand risen, holding whip.
22mm
3.8g
Cyzicus, 3rd officina
RIC Vb Cyzicus 911

 

*rats*

... timing is everything, eh? (how come I had to follow AncientJoe?!!) ... oh well, here goes nuthin'

Sicily, Syracuse. Hieron I AR Tetradrachm
478-466 BC
Struck circa 478-475 BC
Diameter: 24 mm
Weight: 16.90 grams
Obverse: Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses
Reverse: Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around
Reference: Boehringer series IXa, 190 (V86/R130); SNG ANS –; Randazzo 356 (same dies)
Other: 2h, Near VF, toned, test cut on reverse
From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection, Ex Gustav Philipsen Collection (Part I, J. Hirsch XV, 28 May 1906), lot 1132

 

C.Licinius Lf Macer

 

A less prominent quadriga than many, but here's a denarius of Septimius Severus of a scene of Circus Maximus:

 

Lucius Axius L.f. Naso AR Denarius

Rome mint
70 BC
Diameter: 18 mm
Weight: 4.04 grams
Obverse: Helmeted head of Mars right, wearing crested helmet with plumes; XV¯ to left
Reverse: Diana driving biga of stags right; behind, two dogs running right; below, dog running right
Reference: Crawford 400/1b; Sydenham 795; Axia 2
Other: 4h … toned, banker’s mark on cheek. Rare

 

M.Aemilius Scaurus AR-Denarius

58 BC
3.8 grams
Obv: King Aretas of Nabataea kneeling in supplication, beside camel, giving an olive branch. M SCAVR / AED CVR above, S C in r. field
Reverse: Jupitur in quadriga l., scorpion below horses. PHVPSAE/ AED CVR above horses, CAPTV in r. field and in ex. C HVPAE COS/PREIVER
Reference: S-379 Var., Craw 422
Other: A very busy little coin

 

Caracalla AR Antoninianus

Rome mint
198-217 A.D.
Struck AD 215
Diameter: 24 mm
Weight: 5.19 grams
Obverse: Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Reverse: Radiate / Luna driving biga of oxen left
Reference: RIC IV 256c; RSC 294a
Other: 6h ... darkly toned, light porosity and deposits. Scarce

 

Pontus, Amasia. Severus Alexander. Æ35

A.D. 222-235
Civic year 228 (A.D. 228/9)
Diameter: 35 mm
Weight: 26.18 grams
Obverse: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander right, seen from behind
Reverse: High altar upon which eagle stands facing, head left; above, Sol in facing quadriga, holding whip; to left of altar, tree
Reference: Dalaison 566 (D145/R439); RG 101; cf. SNG Copenhagen 119; BMC 39 (same obv. die); SNG von Aulock 6710 (same obv. die)
Other: 12 h … Grayish-green patina under earthen deposits, light roughness

 

Nice thread. I never saw it - glad it got bumped.

 

M Carboi Roman Republic Denarius