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Anonymous. 211-208 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 4.73 g, 8h). Corn-ear (second) series. Mint in Sicily. Helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) behind / The Dioscuri, each holding spear, on horseback right. Crawford 68/1b; Sydenham 191; RSC –; Type as RBW 280. Toned, some porosity. VF. Rare.
From the Andrew McCabe Collection.
This anonymous type matches the style of the next quinarius with corn-ear, and is from Sicily. The back of Roma's visor shows the so-called 'Bastianelli spike,' which also appears on the quinarii with corn-ear type, and thus associates the anonymous denarius and quinarius with the corn-ear series, so-called from the fully incuse variety of this denarius in the 1969 de Falco sale of the Bastianelli collection (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ahala_rome/15297546921/), with that coin being cited by RRC as the type example. Both denominations are associated with the corn-ear and KA bronze types, RRC 69. [Andrew McCabe]
From the Andrew McCabe Collection.
This anonymous type matches the style of the next quinarius with corn-ear, and is from Sicily. The back of Roma's visor shows the so-called 'Bastianelli spike,' which also appears on the quinarii with corn-ear type, and thus associates the anonymous denarius and quinarius with the corn-ear series, so-called from the fully incuse variety of this denarius in the 1969 de Falco sale of the Bastianelli collection (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ahala_rome/15297546921/), with that coin being cited by RRC as the type example. Both denominations are associated with the corn-ear and KA bronze types, RRC 69. [Andrew McCabe]