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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 7380234, member: 51347&quot;]<b>AR Horse Head</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Kinda funny Carthage and Rome were minting AR Horse Heads at tge same time...</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2020-12-13_22-21-11-png.1217670/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Roman Republic</p><p>Anon AR Heavy Denarius / Didrachm</p><p>7.3g, 21mm, 310-300 BCE</p><p>Helmeted Bearded Mars</p><p>Horse head, Grain behind / ROMANO</p><p>Crawford 13-1</p><p>FIRST Silver Coin of Rome. Tarriffed at 10 Asses; ERGO, actually is a Heavy Denarius, being struck before the Denarius Reform of 211 BCE.</p><p><br /></p><p>In reading Kenneth Harl&#039;s book, although this coin does not FEATURE an Aquaduct, it was used to pay for the <b>BUILDING of Via Appia and Aqua Appia. These were the first major projects that Rome embarked, creating their first &quot;super-highway&quot; and first major Aquaduct program.</b> The <i>Censor</i> Appius Claudius Caecus built the Aqua Appia in 312 BCE as well as built the Via Appia</p><p><br /></p><p><i><b><span style="color: #b30000">Next: AR Lion Head</span></b></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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