Corn-ear (first) Series AR Didrachm (Quadrigatus). Sicilian mint, circa 214-212 BC. Laureate head of Janus / Jupiter standing in galloping quadriga driven by Victory to right, holding sceptre and reins, brandishing thunderbolt overhead; corn ear and ROMA in relief in linear tablet below. Crawford 42/1; BMCRR Romano-Campanian 108; RBW 137-9; RSC 24a. 6.62g, 19mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Rare.
This coin published in Richard Schaefer's Roman Republican Die Project (RRDP), binder 2, p. 281, available online at: http://numismatics.org/archives/ark:/53695/schaefer.rrdp.b02#schaefer.rrdp.b02_0346;
From the Terner Collection;
Acquired from Freeman & Sear.