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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brassnautilus, post: 2128403, member: 74300&quot;]I agree, it resembled some republican roman quadriga but the size is very different</p><p>A denarius is like a drachm, bit over 20mm diameter. Even in the case of a quadratigus didrachm only 22mm or so, like this.</p><p><img src="http://i58.tinypic.com/1zeduv9.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>The chariots only occupied 4/5 of the coin and that&#039;s a large example. They fit easily on 18mm dia denarius. </p><p><br /></p><p>Coin in question has 28-30mm diameter, and the chariot barely fit. Like bling had noted, style of the horses, although similar, wasn&#039;t the same as on republic coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Initially I thought it was a fantasy, but really not so sure anymore. There were sicilian tetradrachm featuring similar style of herakles (again, I&#039;m no good at reading different variations of this), but not the quadriga. The more republic coins I had checked, more differences I see in those horses.</p><p>&nbsp; </p><p><img src="http://oi59.tinypic.com/24mf47d.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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