Roma Numismatics Ltd
The Anders Collection 8 Sep 2022
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Anonymous Æ Litra (or Double Unit?). Sicilian mint, circa 260-250 BC. [ROMANO], head of Roma to left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet [decorated with griffin]; helmet behind / [R]OMA-NO, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, head to right, wings open; short sword to left. Crawford 23/1; Burnett-McCabe, Obv.2/Rev.3; Sydenham 30; BMCRR Romano-Campanian 5; RBW 31; HN Italy 296. 16.81g, 27mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the Anders Collection, collector's tickets included.
Previously postulated to have been struck at Messana, the 2017 paper by Andrew Burnett and Andrew McCabe ("An early Roman struck bronze with a helmeted goddess and an eagle," in Essays Cutroni Tusa, 2017) demonstrated conclusively that a mint location in Sicily was correct, but showed that there is no particular reason to assign the type to Messana. The dating of the series was also corrected to place the striking of these coins at the very end of the first Punic War, not the beginning as had been previously supposed.
Near Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the Anders Collection, collector's tickets included.
Previously postulated to have been struck at Messana, the 2017 paper by Andrew Burnett and Andrew McCabe ("An early Roman struck bronze with a helmeted goddess and an eagle," in Essays Cutroni Tusa, 2017) demonstrated conclusively that a mint location in Sicily was correct, but showed that there is no particular reason to assign the type to Messana. The dating of the series was also corrected to place the striking of these coins at the very end of the first Punic War, not the beginning as had been previously supposed.