Triton XXI, Lot: 603. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Anonymous. Circa 225-214 BC. AR Didrachm – Quadrigatus (24mm, 6.70 g, 6h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Janus / Jupiter, hurling thunderbolt with right hand and holding scepter in left, in quadriga right driven by Victory; in exergue, ROMA incuse on raised tablet. Crawford 28/3; Sydenham 64a; RSC 23; RBW 65. Near EF, wonderful iridescent tone.
From the Dr. Allan Smith Collection. Ex Künker 273 (14 March 2016), lot 508; Numismatica Aretusa (Lugana) Iventory, 19 April 1973.