QUADRIGA (quatuor, four, and jugum, a yoke), in antiquity, a car or chariot drawn by four horses harnessed all abreast. On the reverses of medals we frequently see Victory in a quadriga, holding the reins; and hence these coins are called nummi quadrigati and victoriati.
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