Triton XV, Lot: 1464. Estimate $300. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. 206-195 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.99 g, 7h). Rome mint. Head of Roma right, wearing peaked Phrygian helmet with visor in three pieces, ornamented with gryphon’s head, and single drop earring; X (mark of value) behind / Dioscuri on horseback riding right, each holding a couched spear; below horses, trident right; ROMA in relief on tablet in exergue. Crawford 115/1; Sydenham 268; BMCRR Rome 442-5 and Italy 302-3; Kestner 1310-5; RSC (Anonymous) 20ii. Near EF, toned.

Ex Sotheby’s (4 December 1986), lot 35 (part of).