Quadrigatus
Quadrigatus is the name of a Roman silver coin from the 3rd century BC with a value of 2 drachmas depicting a team of four horses. Accordingly, three- and two-horse as Trigatus or Bigatus called. On the back there is a depiction of a quadriga driving to the right with God the Father Jupiter and the goddess Victoria, hurling lightning . The front shows the famous Janus head . According to another assessment, it could also be the Dioscuri Castor and Pollux . The 6.8 g coin was minted from around 241 to 235 BC.
There was also half a quadrigatus with a Janus head worth 1 drachm, where the quadriga turns to the left. It can - in addition to the independent Sicilian-southern Italian drachma (litra) currency - as a forerunner of the from around 211 BC. BC denarius minted .
Similar pieces of gold with a value of one or half a stater were minted at the same time .
source
Richard Stoll: Animals on Roman coins , Beck printer, Trier 1995, 2nd edition, without ISBN
