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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2256867, member: 51347&quot;]WOW!&nbsp; [USER=58462]@Nemo[/USER] and [USER=75563]@ancientcoinguru[/USER] !&nbsp; You both have fantastic examples of the Didrachm Quadrigatus!&nbsp; I agree with Nemo...I always think of the soldiers who buried their pay prior to the battle, hoping to retrieve it later...with those HUGE losses inflicted by Hannibal, it may be the only way we were able to see the coins today...</p><p>I have a Quadrigatus Didrachm and a Half-Quadrigatus Drachm, but not nearly the stunning example of the OP or the great specimen that ACG shows above.&nbsp; Mine are a bit worn and circulated.&nbsp; PERHAPS, mine were owned by a SURVIVOR and was able to go back and retrieve his stash?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]447432[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]447433[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic</p><p>AR Quadrigatus Didrachm (215-213 BCE)</p><p>20.5mm, 5.6g</p><p>OBV: Beardless Janiform (thought to represent the Dioscuri being beardless)</p><p>REV: Iupiter and Victory in galloping quadriga RIGHT (hence the Quadrigatus designation instead of Didrachm), ROMA in linear frame</p><p>REF: Sear 32; Crawford 29/3 (please help if I mis-referenced...)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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