Dot Sestertius


Anonymous. AR Sestertius, uncertain Samnite mint (Bovianum?), 214 BC. Obv. Helmeted head of Roma right; behind, IIS; below neck truncation, dot. Rev. The Dioscuri galloping right; in linear frame, ROMA. Cr. 44/7. 0.88 g. 12.00 mm. RRR. Extremely rare, only 6 specimens known. About VF/F. Same prototype coin of forthcoming RRSC, D34.3a.