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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2348112, member: 51347&quot;]I attended the Charlotte Coin Club Show this weekend and had a great time visiting with some friends of mine! I will post the other captures in separate threads.&nbsp; However, this capture was one that fit well into my pre-denarii Roman Republic collection...</p><p><br /></p><p>I copied a comment that I made in a prior posting:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot; &quot;If my memory serves me, I understand that when Rome went to the Denarius standard, they had been minting the silver Didrachm (several designs between 280-211 BCE including the famous Quadrigatus). They also struck a very short mintage of the Half-Quadrigatus, which was a Roman Drachma. When they went to the Denarius based silver coinage, they continued the Half-Quadrigatus which became a Victoriatus...or a Roman Drachm... They used the Didrachm, Quadrigatus, Victoriatus mainly for trade with the So. Italy Greeks (Magna Graecia). </p><p><br /></p><p>My theory: the Romans took a stance that &quot;...Rome was moving from the 1st Punic War and into the 2nd Punic War. Patriotism, as well as pure survival of Rome was at stake. They had been decimated, losing as much as 125,000 to 200,000 legionaires and allies within a 3 year period when Hannibal was smashing them. It was utterly amazing that they refused to give up after horrendous losses. Their audacity, refusal to consider surrender, and their doing things the &quot;Roman&quot; way was the mettle that ultimately made them into world power.&quot; &quot;</p><p>This was from: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/rr-victoriatus-2nd-punic-war.269385/page-2#post-2250159" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/rr-victoriatus-2nd-punic-war.269385/page-2#post-2250159">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/rr-victoriatus-2nd-punic-war.269385/page-2#post-2250159</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And a lot of great Quadrigatii were presented in this thread for further reference:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/anonymous-didrachm-quadrigatus.260624/page-2#post-2256870" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/anonymous-didrachm-quadrigatus.260624/page-2#post-2256870">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/anonymous-didrachm-quadrigatus.260624/page-2#post-2256870</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I love the audacity of the Romans to persevere after so many losses to Hannibal... consider the horrendous losses they sustained as a PERCENTAGE of their population, yet continue on fighting with NO thought of surrender!&nbsp; </p><p>&quot; <i>l&#039;audace l&#039;audace toujours l&#039;audace&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my recent Quadrigatus addition to the fold...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]477793[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic</p><p>Anonymous Issue ca. 225-212 BCE</p><p>23.8mm, 6.46g</p><p>AR Quadrigatus</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Laureate Head of Ianus</p><p>Rev: Iupiter in quadriga driven by Victory</p><p>ROMA incuse on raised tablet below.</p><p>Sear 31; Crawford 28/3; Sydenham 64a</p><p><br /></p><p>PLEASE!&nbsp; Feel free to post any of your AR Roman Republics that reflects any pivotal period![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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