Triton XXII, Lot: 778. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. Circa 240 BC. AR Didrachm (19mm, 6.61 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of Mars right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a griffin / Head of horse right, wearing bridle, bit, and reins; sickle behind; ROMA below. Crawford 25/1; Sydenham 24; RSC 34; HN Italy 297; RBW 38. EF, lightly toned. Great metal.

From the Alan J. Harlan Collection, purchased from Edward J. Waddell. Ex LHS 100 (23 April 2007), lot 374.