Anonymous. Circa 225-212 BC. AR Didrachm – Quadrigatus (21.5mm, 6.64 g, 8h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Janus; straight truncation / Jupiter, hurling thunderbolt and holding scepter, in galloping quadriga right driven by Victory; incuse ROMA in raised tablet below. Crawford 28/3; Sydenham 64b; RSC 23; cf. RBW 64. Attractive cabinet toning, some light scratches under tone and minor die break on obverse. EF. Ex Father & Son Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 118, 13 November 2021), lot 888.
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