ANONYMOUS SILVER VICTORIATUS – UNCERTAIN MINT ISSUE – MINT STATE NGC GRADED ROMAN REPUBLIC COIN (INV. 19521)

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19521.ROMAN REPUBLIC. ANONYMOUS ISSUE, ca. 211–208 BC.
Silver Victoriatus, 3.26 g, 17 mm. Issue of an uncertain mint.
Obv. Laureate head of Jupiter right. Rev. ROMA, Victory standing right, crowning trophy, VB ligate monogram in center field.
Crawford 95/11; Sydenham 113.
NGC graded MINT STATE.
Although the quadrigatus was abandoned, the popularity of its weight standard, especially in Gaul, led the Romans to introduce the victoriatus, around 211 BC. It gained its name from the depiction of Victory crowning a trophy of arms on the reverse. Interestingly, in Greek, the denomination was known as the tropaikon, after the trophy, rather than the figure of Victory. The victoriatus continued to circulate until it too ceased production in the mid-second century.