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| 112-111 BC - Roman Republic Ti. Quinctius AR Denarius / Two Horses |
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Attribution: Crawford 297/1b; Quinctia 6; Sydenham 563
Date: 112-111 BC
Obverse: Laureate bust of Hercules with head turned left, club on shoulder
Reverse: Two horses left, the nearer ridden by laureate naked rider, TI Q divided by rat below horses
Size: 18.03mm
Weight: 3.73 grams
Rarity:  5
Description: good Fine+. This coin type probably refers to some public games. In the Ludi Apollinares (annual games to honor Apollo) contests took place in which a rider raced with two horses vaulting from one to the other at his pleasure.
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