#didrachm

[lionofchaeronea]

A lion attacks a stag. Reverse of a silver didrachm issued by the polis of Elea in southern Italy between 420 and 380 BCE. The obverse, not shown, bears the head of Athena. Now in the Staatliche Münzsammlung, Munich, Germany. Photo credit: ArchaiOptix/Wikimedia Commons.

[tiny-librarian]

A rare didrachm from 138/137 BC. This series was the only one to include a portrait of Ptolemy VIII, whose other coinage issues had his ancestor Ptolemy I's bust.

[alsadeekalsadouk]

In First Democracy (510 BC - 485 BC) #Syracuse , (#Italy) issued Didrachm on Obverse

Horse rider advancing right, holding a second horse, by the reins, on the far side of him. Script: Greek Lettering: ϟVRAϘ – ϟI – ON. On Reverse Head of the nymph Arethusa left, hair curling back from forehead with dotted parallel lines, within circle sunk at centre of a swastika developed from the quartering of an incuse square. #archaeology #history #ancient #art #alsadeekalsadouk #ancienthistory #travel #archaeological #rome #italy #museum #roma #heritage #greek #arthistory #culture #antiquity

#4thcentury #photography #tetradrachm #greekcoin #greekarcheology #greekancientcoins #stater #الصديق_الصدوق

#Greek_mythology

[robotblues]

Didrachm, Greek, 281-272 BCE

[karrova]

Romulus and Remus. Silver didrachm, c. 269–266 BC

[heaveninawildflower]

Silver didrachm with head of Mars wearing Corinthian helmet (Roman about 300 B.C).

Minted in Italy.

Image and text information courtesy MFA Boston.

[didoofcarthage]

Didrachm with head of Hercules (obverse) and she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus (reverse)

Roman, Republican Period, 269-266 B.C.

silver

British Museum

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Didrachm with janiform head of Dioscuri.

Place of origin: Mint of Rome, Italy

Date: 225-212 B.C.

Period: Roman Republican period

Medium: Struck silver