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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2943966, member: 51347&quot;]<b>ROMAN REPUBLIC - Greek Influence?</b></p><p>Um... I appear to be the only dissenting vote... No. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; But, I have always been the Rebel Dark Prince...</p><p>[edit:&nbsp; I believe [USER=77077]@Theodosius[/USER] &#039;s next post - celator comment nails it!]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]717414[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Roman Republic</b></p><p><b>Anonymous, 280-275 BCE </b></p><p><b>AR Didrachm</b> (20mm, 7.28g, 11h)</p><p>Uncertain mint (Neapolis?)</p><p>OBV: Helmeted head of bearded Mars to left; oak spray to right</p><p><i>REV: </i>Horse’s head right, wearing bridle, on base inscribed ROMANO; to left, stalk of grain.</p><p>REF: Sear 22; Crawford 13/1; HN III 266. Sydenham 1</p><p>COMMENTS: Minor reverse corrosion. First AR coin struck by the Romans...</p><p>Crawford in &quot;Coinage and Money under the Roman Roman Republic&quot;, (pg 29), claims that this coin may have been minted EARLIER, perhaps 312-308 BCE to pay for the building of the Via Apppia from Rome to Capua</p><p><i>From a Swiss collection, formed in the 1990&#039;s</i></p><p><i><b>First SILVER Coin of the Roman Republic</b></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]717421[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><b>Roman Republic</b></p><p><b>AR Didrachm (Pre-Denarius Coinage)</b></p><p><b>275-270 BCE (Rare)</b></p><p>17.7 x 20.7 oblong strike, 7.3g</p><p>OBV: ROMANO, laurel head of Apollo l</p><p>REV: Horse galloping r, star above</p><p>Crawford 13/1; Sear 23</p><p><br /></p><p>These were struck as a response to Pyrrhus&#039; invasion of Italy at the behest of Tarentum. He was King of Epirus 306-302 BCE and 297-292 BCE; King of Macedonia 288-285 BCE and 274-272 BCE; and King of Syracuse 278-276 BCE... Known for the term &quot;Pyrrhic Victory&quot; during his battles with Rome. Even though the battles were won by him, the Romans inflicted such losses on his armies that he could not ultimately sustain war with them.</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]717419[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i><b>Roman Republic</b></i></p><p><i><b>Anonymous, 265-242 BCE </b></i></p><p><i><b>AR Didrachm</b> (6.55g, 18mm, 6h)</i></p><p><i>Rome mint</i></p><p><i>Obv: Head of Roma right, wearing Phrygian helmet, cornucopiae behind</i></p><p><i>Rev: ROMANO, Victory standing right, attaching wreath to long palm, YY in right field. Ref: Sear 25; Crawford 22/1; RSC 7.</i></p><p><i>Ex: From the Eucharius Collection</i></p><p><i>Comment: Considered the FIRST AR coin from the <i><b>Rome mint</b></i>.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]717420[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i><b>Roman Republic</b></i></p><p><i><b>Anonymous, 234-231 BCE </b></i></p><p><i><b>AR Didrachm </b>(6.63g, 20mm, 12h)</i></p><p><i>Rome mint,</i></p><p><i>Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right</i></p><p><i>Rev: Horse prancing left, ROMA above.</i></p><p><i>Ref: Sear 28; Crawford 26/1; RSC 37.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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