Corn-ear series AR Denarius. Sicily, 209-208 BC. Helmeted head of Roma to right; X (mark of value) behind / Dioscuri riding to right, each holding spear; corn-ear and crooked staff below horses, ROMA in linear frame below. Crawford 77/1; RSC 20m*. 3.59g, 19mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine; pleasant old cabinet tone. Extremely Rare, one of very few known, and considerably superior to the last auctioned example sold at ACR Auctions in 2020 (E-Auction 92, lot 646, £2,000).
From a private European collection.