408, Lot: 385. Estimate $200. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Anonymous. 211-208 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.33 g, 12h). Knife (first) series. Uncertain (Etruria?) mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) to left / The Dioscuri, each holding spear, on horseback right; falcata below. Crawford 109/1; Sydenham 165; RSC 20s; Type as RBW 498. VF, toned, light porosity.
From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex RBW Collection duplicate, purchased from Bill Veres, January 1996.
This coin type shows a falcata or Iberian sword, and not a knife. [Andrew McCabe]