Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1254. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Early Italian and Roman Issues] ROME. 241-235 BC. AR Didrachm (6.71 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of Mars right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, decorated with a griffin / Horse head right, wearing bridle, bit, and reins; sickle behind, ROMA below. Crawford 25/1; Sydenham 24; Kestner 47; BMCRR Romano-Campanian 57; RSC 34. VF, medium gray and iridescent toning. ($1000)