379, Lot: 327. Estimate $200. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Anonymous. 209-208 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.82 g, 10h). Mint in Sicily. Helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) to left / The Dioscuri on horseback riding right; grain ear and crooked staff below horses. Crawford 77/1; Sydenham 225; RSC 20m*; RBW 325. Fine, two light, parallel scratches on the obverse. Extremely rare variety.
From the RBW Collection, purchased from Jonathan Kern, 8 December 2000.