Crescent (first) series AR Denarius. Rome, 207 BC. Helmeted head of Roma to right; X (mark of value) behind / The Dioscuri, each holding spear, on horseback to right; crescent above, ROMA in relief in linear frame below. Crawford 57/2; Sydenham 265; RSC 20i. 4.48g, 20mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine; pleasant old cabinet tone.
From the Andrew McCabe Collection, collector's ticket included;
Ex Giancarlo Silingardi (†2011) Collection, acquired in May 1980; old collector's ticket included noting ex 'Menozzi R.E.' Collection - possibly Eleutherius Menozzi, author of works on Catullus (1895) and Menander (1908).