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Cr. 47/1a anonymous quinarius, after 211 BC, Sicilian mint

z56586.jpg Freeman & Sear MBS 11, 249ThumbnailsCr. 363/1d L Marcius Censorinus AR Denarius, 82 BCFreeman & Sear MBS 11, 249ThumbnailsCr. 363/1d L Marcius Censorinus AR Denarius, 82 BCFreeman & Sear MBS 11, 249ThumbnailsCr. 363/1d L Marcius Censorinus AR Denarius, 82 BCFreeman & Sear MBS 11, 249ThumbnailsCr. 363/1d L Marcius Censorinus AR Denarius, 82 BC

Roman Republic AR Quinarius(2.05g). Anonymous. After 211 B.C, Sicilian(?) mint. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet ornamented with griffin's head and three-piece visor, earring and necklace; behind, V. Border of dots / Dioscuri on horseback riding right, each holding couched spear and wearing chlamys, cuirass and pileus surmounted by star; in relief in linear frame, ROMA. Line border. Crawford 47/1a(uncertain mint); RRSC Bq10

Privately purchased 9 October 2024, ex Ed Waddell inv 56586, 5 December 2022, ex Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 11, 23 November 2004, lot 249

This quinarius comes from a medium sized, well engraved issue that Crawford assigns to an "uncertain mint". I suspect, based on the spike on the helmet reminiscent of Crawford 68 along with the reverse cape style and overall angular obverse style, that it hails from Sicily.

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