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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carausius, post: 3107718, member: 76440&quot;]Nice bit of scientific detective work [USER=75525]@rrdenarius[/USER] .&nbsp; Not that style is dispositive evidence of date, but certain style elements of [USER=75525]@rrdenarius[/USER] coin remind me of. the latest iteration of AR Quadrigati-didrachms of the Roman Republic.&nbsp; Those Quadrigati would have been struck and circulating circa 214-212 BCE, just before introduction of the denarius coinage. In particular, the horizontal hairs at the top of the Janiform head and the low angle of the quadriga are consistent with the Roman quadrigati of this 214-212 BCE time frame, which the Carthaginians were likely copying.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an example of the late Quadrigati that I&#039;m talking about (not mine):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]787769[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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