![]() Helmeted head of Mars right, club behind / horse rearing right, club above. Janiform head of the Dioscuri / horse galloping right, ROMA below. Laureate Janiform head of the Dioscuri / Jupiter, holding sceptre and hurling thunderbolt, in quadriga driven left by Victory, ROMA in ex. Uncertain military mint in Italy, ca 217 - 214 BC. Crawford 83/1a Sydenham 223 RBW 336 RSC 24m.Īnonymous AR Drachm or Half Quadrigatus. Laureate head of Jupiter right / Victory standing right, erecting trophy, spearhead upward in field, ROMA in exergue. Syd.68, C28/3.Īnonymous AR Victoriatus with Spearhead. Laureate head of Janus / Jupiter in quadriga driven by Victory, ROMA raised below. Cr42/1, Syd 66.Īnonymous, base silver quadrigatus-didrachm. Laureate head of Janus / Jupiter in fast quadriga right, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, Victory behind in car, grain ear beneath horses' forelegs, ROMA in relief in rectangular outline below. Laureate, janiform head of the Dioscuri / Jupiter right, holding sceptre and hurling thunderbolt, in a quadriga driven by Victory, ROMA below in linear frame. 215-213 BC, the time of the 2nd Punic War. Cr31/1.Īnonymous AR Quadrigatus or Didrachm. Janiform head of Dioscuri, pellet under deeply notched neck truncation / Jupiter holding sceptre and hurling thunderbolt in chariot driven right by Victory ROMA partly incuse on tablet below. Cr30/1 Syd 64b.Īnonymous AR Quadrigatus or Didrachm. Laureate head of Janus / Jupiter in quadriga driven by Victory who stands outside of chariot ROMA incuse below. Janiform head of Dioscuri / Jupiter holding sceptre and hurling thunderbolt in chariot driven right by Victory ROMA in relief in linear frame below. Cr20/1, Syd 6.Īnonymous AR Quadrigatus or Didrachm. Diademed head of Hercules right, club and lionskin over shoulder / She-wolf standing right, head left, suckling Romulus and Remus ROMANO in exergue. Head of Roma right in Phrygian helmet, cluster of grapes behind / ROMANO, Victory standing right, attaching wreath to a long palm, Greek letter or letters to right. Crawford 22/1 Sydenham 21 RSC 7.Īnonymous AR Didrachm of the Roman Republic. Helmeted head of Roma right, symbol behind head / ROMANO, Victory standing right, attaching wreath to long palm, Greek letter or letters to right. ROMANO, laureate head of Apollo left / horse galloping right star of sixteen rays above. Cr13/1, Syd 1.Īnonymous AR Didrachm of the Roman Republic. Helmeted head of Mars left, oak-sprig behind / ROMANO on tablet below head of bridled horse right, ear of wheat behind. Perhaps struck at Metapontum, 280-276 BC. Head of Mars left in Corinthian helmet, oak-spray behind / ROMANO below horse head right, corn-ear behind. Roman Republic, Anonymous, c.280-276 BC, AR Didrachm. AR Didrachm or Quadrigatus/ Laureate head of Janus dot below truncation / Jupiter in quadriga driven by Victory ROMA raised on outlined tablet. Janiform head of Dioscuri / Jupiter holding sceptre and hurling thunderbolt in chariot driven right by Victory, ear of wheat below horses, ROMA in relief in linear frame below. Crawford 31/1.Īnonymousi AR Didrachm Ear of Wheat mark. Janiform head of Dioscuri, pellet under deeply notched neck truncation / Jupiter holding sceptre and hurling thunderbolt in chariot driven right by Victory, ROMA partly incuse on tablet below. Rutter HN Italy 336.Īnonymous AR Didrachm. Janiform head of Dioscuri / Jupiter in quadriga left, driven by Victory, ROMA in exergue. Janiform head of Dioscuri / Jupiter holding sceptre and hurling thunderbolt in chariot driven right by Victory, ROMA incuse on tablet below. See the Pre-denarius page with thumbnail images. Did the coin arrive as part of a diplomatic gift from the Romans in the hope of easing their passage into Leicestershire? Or did the coin gradually make its way to Hallaton from the continent via trade with other Iron Age tribes? The fact that the coin was found in a ritual deposit made around AD 43 also perhaps indicates the tensions felt by local groups caused by Roman interference.Pre-denarius, Roman Republic Coins reference at īrowsing Roman Republic Coins of the family Pre-denarius This coin would have been over 200 years old when it was buried in the mid 1st century AD, around the time of the Roman conquest of Britain in AD 43. The coin raises the issue of how much contact the Corieltavi tribe (the local British group living around Hallaton in the Late Iron Age) had with the Roman world and how early this occurred. The helmeted head of Roma is depicted on the obverse, the Dioscuri (twins Castor and Pollux) gallop on their horses on the reverse. 211 BC, making it possibly the oldest Roman coin ever found in Britain. This Roman silver denarius coin was one of 5294 British Iron Age and Roman coins excavated at a Late Iron Age shrine near Hallaton, Leicestershire.
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