Gemini III, January 9th, 2007
 Lot # 285 - Price Realized: US$2500 
             
            Anonymous. Ear of wheat. Silver didrachm (6.21 gm). Sicily, 214-212 
            BC. Janiform head of Dioscuri / Jupiter holding scepter and hurling 
            thunderbolt in chariot driven right by Victory, ear of wheat below 
            horses; ROMA in relief in linear frame below. Crawford 42/1. Charles 
            Hersh, “A Sicilian Quadrigatus mint: the issue with the wheat-ear 
            control mark,” Essays Carson and Jenkins, 1993, 10 (O7/R5). Rare. 
            Fine style. Extremely fine. 

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  ... Lot 285 sold for high bid of $2500 [ $2875, or approx 2222.375 EUR, 1466.25 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 


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