Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1269. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Early Italian and Roman Issues] ROME. 208 BC. AR Denarius (4.33 g, 5h). Italian mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) behind / Dioscuri riding right, stars above; club below, ROMA in exergue. Crawford 89/2; Sydenham 211; Kestner 1033-1037; BMCRR Rome 309; RSC 20g. Good VF, gray toning, iridescent highlights, an especially well-centered obverse, boldly struck for issue. ($300)

From the Harry Strickhausen Collection.