Roman Republic AR Quinarius(2.12 g). Anonymous. After 211 B.C. Uncertain Lucanian mint, perhaps Venusia. 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 -, but cf 55/1; RRSC Bq46A(these dies)
Ex NOA Auction 4, 29 April 2026, 126, ex Alberto Banti collection, Peus 322, 1 November 1988, 45
One of four known examples(others: 2 from the Licata hoard, 1 sold privately by Lucernae a few years ago) of this rare variety which is the quinarius of Crawford 55, not listed by Crawford. 55/1 is a fascinating and rare type in which visors transform from splayed to peaked within a single type.
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