030/1. Anonymous - quadrigatus (225−214 BC)

Quadrigatus or didrachm (uncertain mint, 225−214 BC)

O/ Laureate, Janiform head of Dioscuri; border of dots.

R/ Jupiter in quadriga right, driven by Victory − Jupiter holds sceptre in left hand and hurls thunderbolt with right hand; ROMA incuse on tablet; line border.

6.49g; 21mm

Crawford 030/1

- Likely in the collection formed by the 1st Duke of Northumberland, Hugh Percy (1714–1786), who went on a Grand Tour in Italy in 1733 and later employed Louis Dutens, a French scholar and numismatist as the tutor of his second son Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley (1750–1830). Dutens and Algernon also went on a Grand Tour in 1769, another possible date of acquisition. The collection was described by Rear Admiral Henry Smyth (1788-1865), Descriptive catalogue of a cabinet of Roman family coins belonging to the Duke of Northumberland, 1856, pl. XVI/47. At the time, the duke was Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland (1792–1865). The collection was passed down to Hugh Algernon Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland (1914–1988), who sold it at Sotheby's.

- Sotheby's, Roman Coins from the Collection of His Grace the Duke of Northumberland - K.G., P.C., G.C.V.O., F.R.S., Removed from Alnwick Castle (4/11/1982), lot 235.

- Collection of Buddy Ebsen (1908–2003), American actor, famous for his role in The Beverly Hillbillies.

- Superior Galleries, The Edwards Metcalf and Buddy Ebsen Collections (07/06/1987), lot 4293 ($368.50).

- Andrew McCabe collection.

- Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 152, The McCabe Lambeth Bridge Collection - Roman Republican Coins (18/05/2025), lot 34.

Reference : RRC 030/1

Collection : Roman Republic