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Anonymous AR Denarius, Rome Mint, struck ca. 211 BC

Anonymous AR Denarius, Rome Mint, struck ca. 211 BC

 

Roman Republic Second Punic War (218 – 201 BC)

 

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Wt.: 4.2 g Dia.: 20 mm

 

Obv.: Helmeted head of Roma right. X in left field

 

Rev.: Dioscuri galloping right. ROMA in exergue and partially incuse on raised tablet- to see the Reverse side go to www.flickr.com/photos/188245917@N03/49845485618/in/datepo...

 

Dioscuri, also called (in French) Castor and Polydeuces and (in Latin) Castor and Pollux, (Dioscuri from Greek Dioskouroi, “Sons of Zeus”), in Greek and Roman mythology, twin deities who succored shipwrecked sailors and received sacrifices for favorable winds.

 

 

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Uploaded on May 2, 2020