432, Lot: 227. Estimate $200. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Anonymous. 199-170 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.27 g, 12h). Ear series. Uncertain mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) to left / The Dioscuri, each holding spear, on horseback right; ear below. Crawford 170/1; Sydenham 286; RSC 201; Type as RBW 727. VF, toned, some light roughness, irregular flan, edge filed from 10-11 o’clock. Rare.
From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex Aes Rude Titano 48 (8 February 1992), lot 127 (£It.420,000).