157, Lot: 126. Estimate $75. Sold for $235. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Anonymous. 225-212 BC. AR Didrachm or Quadrigatus (18mm, 4.84 g). Uncertain mint. Laureate head of Janus / Jupiter in galloping quadriga driven right by Victory, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; ROMA in relief in linear trapezoid. Crawford 29/3; Kestner 105; Sydenham 68; RSC 24b. VF, find patina, edges a little ragged, light porosity.
A reduced, debased issue from a provincial mint.