Lot 2946

Sale 48 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes

Republic, Struck Coinage, Anonymous Series, (225-212 B.C.), silver didrachm (quadrigatus), uncertain mint, (5.40 grams), obv. laureate janiform head of the Dioscuri, border of dots, rev. Jupiter in quadriga to right, driven by Victory, Jupiter holds sceptre and hurls thunderbolt, in exergue incuse ROMA on tablet, (S.80, Cr.29/3, Syd. 64a). A portion broken off, otherwise extremely fine.