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Denomination: Denarius
Era: c. 209-208 BC
Metal: AR
Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma r. with peaked visor. Hair curl visible on far side of Roma’s neck. Behind, “X”. Border of dots
Reverse: Dioscuri r.; in linear frame. “ROMA”.
Mint: Sicily
Weight: 3.95 gm.
Reference: Crawford 77/1 var.: 77a (Unlisted in Crawford)
Provenance: Roma Numismatics E-Sale 44, March, 2018
Anonymous denarius in the style of the Sicilian series represented by RRC 72 - 78. , with peaked visor. Not in Crawford. This is an anonymous "sibling" to the Corn-ear and crooked staff issue 77/1, without the symbols. The obverse style of some 77/1 dies match this almost identically. Unlike the other peaked visor varieties of the Sicilian issues, the visor is rendered as 3 lines of increasing length with no body in between. The lowest line extends to a peak. There is a visible and prominent hair binding. Extremely rare, three known examples, all from the same two dies.
Some reverse corrosion, otherwise VF.
Collection : Fully Anonymous Early Roman Silver of the denarius system