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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 4803703, member: 51347&quot;]Nice job, and super patience, [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] !&nbsp; Nice looking coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just me, and I am not the Shell Answer Man, but...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166606[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic minted Drachmae sized coins (slightly smaller in weight than their Denarius) for trade with Magna Graecia.&nbsp; The Victoriatus.</p><p><br /></p><p>When Republican Rome went on to control Greece, effectively breaking them into Provinces, they issued some coins, double sized Victoriatus, that roughly matched the Stater or Didrachm size, hence Double Victoriatus.&nbsp; However, perhaps the ROMANS called them that, as the local Greeks may had stayed with their local nomenclature...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166608[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>RR Victoriatus</b> after 211 BCE Jupiter Victory Trophy VF Craw 53-1 Syd 83</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166609[/ATTACH]</p><p>Thessaly AR <b>Stater Double Victoriatus </b>21mm 5.7g 50 BCE Zeus - Athena Itonia spear shield RR Prov. SNG Cop 299var</p><p><br /></p><p>Does not matter much to me, I just think they are very cool coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>CONGRATS!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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