Didrachm (Coin) Depicting the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux)
225-214 BCE, issued by the Roman Republic
Roman, possibly minted in Rome
Capua
The front of this coin depicts a Janiform head of the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux), wearing crowns of laurels and surrounded by a decorative border of dots.
On the back the god Jupiter wields a thunderbolt while riding in a four horse chariot, called a quadriga, which is driven by the figure of Victory. Beneath them, ROMA is inscribed in a rectangle.
Silver