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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 2043626, member: 29751&quot;]Actually....Quadriga is the word in Italian for a quadriga.&nbsp; &quot;Briosa&quot; means lively or spirited, and it differentiates this design of the quadriga from the similar earlier design by Davide Calandra that is slightly different.&nbsp; Notice the difference in the heads of the horses of the two types of &quot;Quadriga&quot; coins by Calandra.&nbsp; See the two examples below...they are two separate coin &quot;types&quot;...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Quadriga veloce (all horses heads up, less lively mane hair)</b></p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography-4/1913_Italy_1Lira_NGC_MS65_rev_zps27dd8ab5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Quadriga briosa (one horse has head down, much more mane hair)</b></p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography-4/1915_Italy_2Lire_NGC_MS65_rev_zpsa1bb1928.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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