Freeman & Sear - Gemini I, Session 2



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                        Lot: 270

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                        ROMAN REPUBLIC: Pellet below neck. Ca. 217(?)-214 BC. AR 
                        didrachm (6.28 gm).

                        ROMAN REPUBLIC. Pellet below neck. Silver didrachm (6.28 
                        gm). Military mint in Italy, ca. 217(?)-214 BC. 
                        Laureate, Janiform head of Dioscuri, pellet below neck / 
                        Jupiter, holding scepter and hurling thunderbolt, in 
                        chariot driven right by Victory, ROMA partially incuse 
                        on tablet. Cr. 31/1, pl. iv, 10. Very scarce. 
                        Beautifully toned. Extremely fine 

                        Crawford makes no mention of the pellet below the neck 
                        truncation, but this precise type is illustrated in his 
                        plates. The Janiform head is distinct from those on 
                        other quadrigati. Its unique style, the pellet, and the 
                        unusual treatment of the ethnic seem to mark this as an 
                        isolated issue of a branch mint. 
                        Estimated Value: $ 750 




...Sold for $850 USD [ approx 646 EUR, 450.5 GBP ] plus 15% buyers fee. 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) 
                      and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).