089/1b. Anonymous - victoriatus (208 BC)

AR Victoriatus (SE Italy, 208 BC)

O/ Laureate head of Jupiter r.

R/ Victory r. crowning trophy; ROMA in exergue.

Crawford 89/1b (60 obverse dies/75 reverse dies, all varieties)

2.84g

Anonymous (club series):

This anonymous victoriatus belongs to the club series, even without the club on the reverse. It is still recognisable thanks to the short skirt on the trophy and the two separate short strokes on the trophy base.

It seems extremely rare, since only one instance of RRC 89/1b is recorded on acsearch (the other six examples are misattributed); so Crawford apparently overestimated the number of dies for the 89/1b issue.

Sammlung : Roman Republic