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Object Type: coin
Museum number: 1866,1201.4228
Denomination: quadrigatus
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Laureate, Janiform head of Dioscuri. 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: Associated with: Roman Republic Ancient Greece and Rome: Roman Republic
Authority: Issuer: Anonymous
Cultures/periods: Roman Republican
Production date: 225BC-212BC
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Naples (city) (possibly from Naples find)
Materials: silver
Dimensions: Die-axis: 8 o'clock; Weight: 6.640 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (28/3) (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. (82, p.133); 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) (28.3.37)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical deity; charioteer/chariot; allegory/personification
Associated names: Representation of: Dioskouroi/Dioscuri; Representation of: Zeus/Jupiter; Representation of: Nike/Victoria/Victory
Acquisition name: Bequeathed by: James Woodhouse
Acquisition date: 1866
Department: Money and Medals
Registration number: 1866,1201.4228
C&M catalogue number: RR2 (133) (82)

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