374, Lot: 421. Estimate $150. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. Circa 260-250 BC. Æ Litra (or Double Unit?) (27mm, 13.41 g, 6h). Messana (Sicily) mint. [ROMANO], head of Minerva left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet [decorated with griffin]; helmet behind / [ROMA]-NO, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head right, wings open; short sword to left. Crawford 23/1; Sydenham 30; HN Italy 296; RBW 31. Fine, dark green and brown patina. Very rare.

From the RBW Collection.