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Object Type
Museum number: 1846,0630.5
Denomination: quadrigatus
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Laureate, Janiform head of Dioscuri; pellet below neck. Border of dots. (obverse); Jupiter in quadriga, right, driven by Victory. Jupiter holds sceptre in left hand and hurls thunderbolt with right hand; incuse on tablet, inscription. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 225BC-214BC
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 7 o'clock; Weight: 6.63 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Uncertain mint.
Bibliographic references: RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (31) (type); RR2 / Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum, vol. 2. Coinages of Rome (continued), Roman Campania, Italy, the social war, and the provinces. (100, p.134); Ghey, Leins & Crawford 2010 / A catalogue of the Roman Republican Coins in the British Museum, with descriptions and chronology based on M.H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (1974) (31.1.2)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical deity; charioteer/chariot; allegory/personification
Associated names: Representation of: Zeus/Jupiter; Representation of: Dioskouroi/Dioscuri; Representation of: Nike/Victoria/Victory
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1846
Acquisition notes: "Lot 34" on ticket.
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1846,0630.5
C&M catalogue number: RR2 (134) (100)

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