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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 7754392, member: 115909&quot;]Hey fellow collectors!</p><p><br /></p><p>I wanted to share my newest pickup with you guys. I think I got it at a great price!</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a Roman Republic quadrigatus. The predecessor to the denarius.</p><p><br /></p><p>It’s my first Roman coin from the Republic as my others are all denarii from the Roman Empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>Officially they are supposed to weigh 6.8 grams so about equal to 2 denarii.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although the description lists the obverse as a “youthful” Janus there is much debate among historians &amp; numismatists about whether it’s actually the Dioscuri (Castor &amp; Pollux) as Janus almost always has a beard.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Anonymous. Ca. 225-214/2 BC. AR didrachm or quadrigatus (23mm, 6.64 gm, 7h). NGC AU 5/5 - 3/5, overstruck.</b> Uncertain mint. Laureate head of youthful Janus, two small annulets on top of head / Jupiter, hurling thunderbolt with right hand, scepter in left, in fast quadriga right driven by Victory; ROMA incuse on raised tablet below. Crawford 29/3. Sydenham 64.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1328273[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1328269[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1328270[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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