Lot 3568

Description

Anonymous Issue, AE triens, after 211 B.C. Rome Mint, 11.52 grams, Crawford 56/4, Sydenham 231b, BMC 389-399, specimens in Paris 63, Sear 115, Obv. Helmeted head of Minerva r. four dots above, Rev. Above ROMA, Prow r. below four dots; another after 211 B.C. AE sextans, Rome Mint, 6.72 grams, C.56/6, S.231d, BMC 263, specimens in Paris 17, Sear 117, Obv. Head of Mercury with cap r. two dots above, Rev. Above ROMA, Prow r. below two dots; another Corn Ear and KA series, 211-208 B.C. AE quadrans, Sicily Mint? 5.87 grams, Crawford 69/5, Sydenham 310e, BMC 143 (Romano-Campanian), specimens in Paris 21, Obv. Head of Hercules wearing boar skin behind 3 large dots, Rev. In exergue [R]OMA, Bull charging to r., above corn ear and three large dots, below a snake (illustrated); another C.Saxula, 169-158 B.C. AE sextans, Rome Mint, 4.90 grams, C.173/5, S.360d, BMC 653, specimens in Paris 4, Obv. Head of Mercury with cap r. two dots above, Rev. Below [ROMA], Prow r. two dots to r, above C.S.AX (AX ligated). Mostly fine, all scarce, (1509-1512). (4)

Ex C. Pitchfork Collection, first two from Glendinings, London, May 6, 1987 (lot 52); third from Downies, Melbourne November 5, 1988, last from Glendinings, London, December 9, 1987 (lot 103 part).