Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1260. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $145. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Early Italian and Roman Issues] ROME. 211-208 BC. AR Denarius (4.15 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of Roma right, wearing winged and visored helmet; X (mark of value) behind / Dioscuri riding right, each holding a couched spear; stars above, ROMA on tablet in exergue. Crawford 44/5; Sydenham 167-168; Kestner 288-327; BMCRR Rome 1; RSC 1a. VF, handsome two-tone gray toning, tiny obverse die break from eye over bridge of nose into field. ($150)