Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1258. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Early Italian and Roman Issues] ROME. 225-212 BC. AR Drachm or Half-quadrigatus (3.18 g, 6h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Janus / Jupiter in galloping quadriga left, driven by Victory, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, ROMA in relief in exergue. Crawford 28/4; Sydenham 67; Kestner 99-101; BMCRR Romano-Campanian 110; RSC 25. Good VF, gray toning, minor flan flaws and marks. Rare. ($750)