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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 8428921, member: 86498&quot;]Ar Victoriatus LT Minted at Herdonia? 214-212 BC Obv Laureate head of Jupiter right. Rv. Victory facing right placing wreath on trophy Crawford 98A/1b RBW 429 3.23 grms 15 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1494597[/ATTACH]The Victoriatus occupies a rather awkward position within the Roman monetary system. Initially conceived as a replacement for the half quadrigatus, it does not fit easily within the new(at the time) denarius system adopted possibly at the same time. The reverse is interesting as it appears to take its inspiration from the silver tetradrachms minted by Agathokles of Syracuse almost 100 years before. What cannot be determined precisely is whether or not the coin was copied by or copied from an as from the city of Capua minted at the same time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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