Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1261. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $230. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Early Italian and Roman Issues] ROME. 211-208 BC. AR Quinarius (2.04 g, 3h). Rome mint. Head of Roma right, wearing winged and visored helmet; V (mark of value) behind / Dioscuri riding right, each holding a couched spear; stars above, ROMA in linear frame in exergue. Crawford 44/6; Sydenham 169; Kestner 328-352; BMCRR Rome 10-12; RSC 3. EF, dark "find" patina, edge slightly ragged, traces of die rust. ($300)