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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2263510, member: 51347&quot;]Gonna be different, cuz there are a lot of Dioscuri versions:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]449539[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]449540[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic</p><p>AR Half-Quadrigatus (Roman Drachm)</p><p>Anonymous Issue</p><p>216-214 BCE</p><p>Rome mint</p><p>17.74mm, 3.2g</p><p>OBV:&nbsp; Janiform - Beardless, laureate</p><p>REV:&nbsp; Jupiter and Victory in galloping quadriga left. ROMA in ex.</p><p>REF:&nbsp; Sear 35, Crawford 29/4</p><p><br /></p><p>The beardless Janiform head was thought to represent the Dioscuri for the Romans.&nbsp; The Half-Quadrigatus, or Roman Drachm, was later minted as a Victoriatus.&nbsp; These were used during the 2nd Punic War and were heavily traded with the South Italy Greeks (Magna Graecia)&nbsp; The sister denomination, Quadrigatus or Roman&nbsp; Didrachm has the reverse quadriga galloping right.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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