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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2786918, member: 51347&quot;]Nice [USER=80147]@Ancient Aussie[/USER] !&nbsp; Your contributions have been great... really enjoy your postings.</p><p><br /></p><p>ALL of mine are my favorites! It is way too difficult to pull one.</p><p><br /></p><p>I enjoy the History around a coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I choose the Historical LOW of the Roman Republic:&nbsp; Hannibal had recently defeated Rome at the battles of Trebia, Trasimene, and Cannae.&nbsp; Rome had lost close to 150,000 lives at these combined battles over an approximately 18 month time span.&nbsp; Yet, they never considered defeat as an option and persevered.</p><p><br /></p><p>Everyone knows the Quadrigatus Didrachm that Rome produced during that dire period.&nbsp; However, a much scarcer variety that was a Drachm or Half-Quadrigatus denomination, with the Quadriga charging LEFT on the reverse was also struck during that low ebb in the Roman Republic.&nbsp; Below are two of them:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]646259[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]646260[/ATTACH]</p><p>RR Anon AR Drachm Half Quadrigatus 225-212 BCE 3.2g &amp; 3.1g both 18mm Janus dotted border Jupiter in Quadriga LEFT Victory ROMA Crawford 28/4 Sear 35 SCARCE[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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