Corn-Ear and Crooked Staff. AR Denarius Bigatus, uncertain mint in Sicily (Syracuse?), 209 BC. D/ Helmeted head of Roma right; behind, X. R/ The Dioscuri galloping right; below horses, corn-ear and crooked staff; ROMA in a three-sided linear frame. RRSC B77; Cr. 77/1. 3.66 g. 19 mm. RRRR. Very rare. Iridescent patina with yellow and reddish hues. VF.
Ex Slabol Aste 1, 2010, lot 9.
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