Triton XVII, Lot: 494. Estimate $300. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. 208 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 4.33 g, 6h). Uncertain mint in southeast Italy. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet, ornamented with griffin’s head, single-drop earring, pearl necklace, and hair in three symmetrical locks; X (mark of value) to left / The Dioscuri on horseback riding right, each holding couched spear, and wearing chlamys, cuirass, and pileus, surmounted by star; club below horses; ROMA in exergue. Crawford 89/2; Sydenham 211; Kestner 1032-7; BMCRR Rome 309; RSC 20g. Good VF, toned, a few light hairlines on obverse.