Triton XXII, Lot: 787. Estimate $500. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. 211-208 BC. AR Quinarius (16mm, 2.28 g, 12h). Rome mint. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet, which is ornamented with griffin’s head and the visor in three pieces, earring, and necklace; V (mark of value) behind / The Dioscuri on horseback riding right, each holding couched spear, and wearing chlamys, cuirass, and a pileus surmounted by star; ROMA in relief in linear frame. Crawford 44/6; King 1; Sydenham 141; BMCRR Rome 10-12; RSC 3; RBW 174. Superb EF, iridescent toning.

From the Alan J. Harlan Collection, purchased from Spink & Son.