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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2409648, member: 51347&quot;]I recently captured a couple Roman Republic didrachmae.&nbsp; These AR coins were among Rome&#039;s first silver coinage minted.&nbsp; In a prior post, I showed the FIRST Silver coin minted by the Romans... this one:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]497751[/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><br /></p><p><b><i>However, to further my niche collection in the Roman Didrachmae series that ran from 280-211 BCE, I captured these two new ones:</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]497752[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Roman Republic</b></p><p><b>Anonymous, 265-242 BCE </b></p><p><b>AR Didrachm</b> (6.55g, 18mm, 6h)</p><p>Rome mint</p><p>Obv: Head of Roma right, wearing Phrygian helmet, cornucopiae behind</p><p>Rev: ROMANO, Victory standing right, attaching wreath to long palm, YY in right field. Ref: Sear 25; Crawford 22/1; RSC 7.</p><p>Ex:&nbsp; From the Eucharius Collection</p><p>Comment: Considered the FIRST AR coin from the <i><b>Rome mint</b></i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>and...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]497753[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Roman Republic</b></p><p><b>Anonymous, 234-231 BCE </b></p><p><b>AR Didrachm </b>(6.63g, 20mm, 12h)</p><p>Rome mint,</p><p>Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right</p><p>Rev: Horse prancing left, ROMA above.</p><p>Ref: Sear 28; Crawford 26/1; RSC 37.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #b30000">Please feel free to post any Roman Republic pre-denarius, or cool Roman Republic coins!&nbsp; </span></i></b></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #b30000"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I&#039;m easy... </span></i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>And, yes I have more of the series as well as the Quadrigatii...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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