344, Lot: 5. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Messana. The Mamertinoi. 211-208 BC. Æ Trias (20.5mm, 5.49 g, 10h). Helmeted head of Ares (or Roma?) right / Female standing left, holding uncertain object in left hand (phiale or Nike?), cradling scepter in right, leaning on column to right; four pellets (mark of value) to left. Särström Series XXIA, 400–2; BAR Issue 37; CNS 50; HGC 2, 861. Good Fine, dark brown patina, off center on reverse. Very rare.