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                                Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 817. Closing Date: Jan 
                                10, 2005. Anonymous. 211-208 BC. AV 60 Asses 
                                (3.33 gm, 10h). Rome mint. Estimate $3000 Sold 
                                For $2200 

                              Anonymous. 211-208 BC. AV 60 Asses (3.33 gm, 10h). 
                              Rome mint. Bearded head of Mars right, wearing 
                              crested Corinthian helmet; LX (mark of value) 
                              behind / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt; ROMA 
                              below. Crawford 44/2; Sydenham 226; Kestner 285; 
                              BMCRR Rome 185; Bahrfeldt 4a. EF, obverse slightly 
                              double struck, underlying lustre. Rare. ($3000)

                              Rome's military successes in the later stages of 
                              the Second Punic War, especially the capture and 
                              sack of Syracuse, enabled her to undertake a 
                              fundamental reform of the coinage in 211 BC. This 
                              included the introduction of a series of three 
                              small gold denominations valued at 60, 40, and 20 
                              asses. The types were identical in each case, a 
                              bearded head of Mars, god of war, on obverse, and 
                              an eagle on thunderbolt (representing Jupiter) on 
                              reverse. The issue extended over a period of about 
                              three years and Rome seems to have been the 
                              principal mint.








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