Exceptional Struck Triens

CNG 100, Lot: 1795. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. Circa 217-215 BC. Æ Triens (38mm, 51.35 g, 3h). Rome mint. Head of Juno right, wearing diadem in form of visor and ornamented at the side with crest of helmet; hair in three locks falling down neck; •••• (mark of value) to left / Hercules standing right, holding club with which he is about to strike a centaur, whom he grasps by the hair of his head; •••• (mark of value) to right; ROMA in exergue. Crawford 39/1; Sydenham 93. Good VF, dark brown patina. Exceptional strike for issue.