Anonymous AV "Oath taking" half stater obverse
Anonymous
AR half-stater 3.4231 gm, 14.8 mm
ca 216 BC
Crawford 28/2 (16 specimens known); Sydenham 70
Obverse
Laureate, Janiform head of Dioscuri, border of dots.
Reverse
Oath-taking scene: two warriors face one another, one beardless, armored; one bearded, unarmored. Each with spear in left hand. Armored warrior holds sagum. Each with sword in right hand touching pig held by kneeling figure between.
ROMA
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