Anonymous. Circa 264-255 BC. AR Didrachm (22mm, 7.19 g, 5h). Rome mint. Diademed head of beardless young Hercules right, wearing lion skin around neck; club on shoulder / She-wolf standing right, head left, suckling the twins (Romulus and Remus); ROMANO in exergue. Crawford 20/1; Sydenham 6; HN Italy 287; RSC 8; BMCRR Romano-Campanian 28; Kestner 38-9; RBW 23. Lightly toned with light iridescence, minor marks and scratches, obverse die break. Near EF.
Ex Roma XII (29 September 2016), lot 477.
