Anonymous. Circa 225-212 BC. AR Didrachm – Quadrigatus (24.5mm, 6.61 g, 6h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Janus, curved truncation / Jupiter, hurling thunderbolt with right hand and holding scepter in left, in galloping quadriga driven right by Victory, holding reins in both hands; ROMA incuse on raised tablet in exergue. Crawford 28/3; Sydenham 64; HN Italy 334; RSC 23; BMCRR Romano-Campanian 83; Kestner 89–90 and 94; RBW 65–6. Toned, with luster, flan crack, minor marks, scrape on reverse. EF.
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts 44 (20 April 2018), lot 185; Numismatic Fine Arts inventory 62226 (ND).
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