Roman Republic, 215-211 BC, AE Quadrans, 29 mm
head of Herakles (Hercules), wearing boar skin headdress, 3 pellets/
ROMA, bull leaping; above, wheat ear and 3 pellets; snake below
Cr. 42/2, S. 607, BMCRR 139, Very Rare (R2)
Posted April 2017
Note #1: This example is struck over a Carthaginian AE coin, which is typical for this issue.
Note #2: This example has a beautiful, glossy, medium-to-dark green patina.
It is probably one of the finest examples known of this Very Rare (R2) issue.
Roman Republic, ca. 214-211 BC, AR Sestertius, Rome mint, 0.91g
helmeted head of Roma, IIS/
The Dioscuri galloping; below, ROMA in linear frame
Cr. 44/7, Syd. 142, Scarce (NC)
Posted April 2017
