151, Lot: 163. Estimate $300. Sold for $460. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. Circa 225-216 BC. AR Didrachm or Quadrigatus (24mm, 6.48 g). Laureate head of Janus / Jupiter in quadriga driven by Victory who stands outside of chariot; ROMA incuse on raised tablet below. Crawford 30/1; Sydenham 64b; RSC 23. VF, irregular tone.

The Janus head appears to be centered on a slightly raised disk, with a border of radiate lines. This does not seem to be a distorted strike of the normal beaded border, but a completely different style of edge treatment. No pieces with a similar border have been noted in the references.