Crawford 26/1, ROMAN REPUBLIC - AR Didrachm

Rome, The Republic.
Anonymous, 234-231 BCE.
AR Didrachm (6.74g; 20mm).

Obv: Laureate head of Apollo facing right.

Rev: Horse rearing left; ROMA above.

Reference: Crawford 26/1; Sydenham 27.

Provenance: Ex Kuenker (25 Sep 2017) Lot 508; ex Bernhard Terletzkli Collection; ex Dr. Hagen Tronnier Collection; ex Kunker Auction 94 (2004), Lot 1650; ex Auctiones 10 (1979), Lot 303.

By about 240 BCE, the inscription on struck Roman Republican coins had changed from ROMANO to ROMA. This coin is part of the second series to include the ROMA legend.

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Pharsalos

[Mar 07, 2018 at 10:41 AM]

Beautiful coin.

Jay GT4

[Mar 08, 2018 at 06:06 AM]

This is great

Molinari

[Mar 30, 2018 at 08:17 PM]

A very special coin. I love it.

*Alex

[Jul 08, 2018 at 10:28 AM]

Nice!

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