Roman Republic AR Quinarius(16mm, 1.49g). Anonymous "dot" or "pellet" series. 212-208 B.C, Sardinian mint. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet; behind, V; below, pellet. Border of dots / Dioscuri on horseback riding right, each holding couched spear and wearing chlamys, cuirass and pileus surmounted by star; on tablet, ROMA. Line border. Crawford 66/1; RBW -; RRSC Bq35
An extremely rare quinarius linked by style to the rare quiinarii of the Sardinian Praetors. This type was known to Crawford in only a single example in the BNF. Even after the publication of Crawford only one more example, from those same dies, was known that popped up in a Peus sale. This new example adds a third to the corpus from a new obverse die but the same reverse as the others.
Also note there is a similar styled, similarly rare, denarius which is not in Crawford but published by Debernardi and Brinkman
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