Triton XVII, Lot: 495. Estimate $200. Sold for $375. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Anonymous. 207 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.30 g, 2h). Rome mint. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet, ornamented with griffin’s head, the visor in three pieces and peaked, single-drop earring, and pearl necklace; X (mark of value) to left / The Dioscuri on horseback riding right, each holding couched spear, and wearing sagum, cuirass, and pileus, surmounted by star; crescent above; ROMA in relief in linear frame. Crawford 57/2; Sydenham 219; Kestner 726-33; BMCRR Rome 431-5; RSC 20i. Good VF, darkly toned.
From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.25369.