Didrachm (Coin) Depicting the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux)

Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

225-214 BCE, issued by the Roman Republic

Roman, possibly minted in Rome

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.

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Department: Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

Culture: Ancient Roman
Title: Didrachm (Coin) Depicting the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux)
Place: Capua (Object made in)
Date: 225 BCE–214 BCE
Medium: Silver
Inscriptions: Reverse: ROMA
Dimensions: Diam.: 2.3 cm (15/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. William Nelson Pelouze
Reference Number: 1923.1241
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Theresa Gross-Diaz, “Cat. 25 Didrachm Portraying the Dioscuri: Curatorial Entry,” in Roman Art at the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016).
https://publications.artic.edu/roman/reader/romanart/section/513

Mrs. William Nelson (Helen T.) Pelouze (1866-1953), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1923.

Cat. 25 Didrachm (Coin) Depicting the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux), 225/214 B.C.

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