RR116435. Silver sestertius, BMCRR I p. 16, 13; Crawford 44/7, pl. IX, 19; Sydenham 142; RSC I anonymous 4; Russo RBW 176; SRCV I 46, F, well centered, lamination defects, scratches, 1.381g, 12.7mm, 90^o, southern Italian mint, helmeted head of Roma right, winged helmet with visor and griffin crest, IIS (mark of value = 2 1/2 asses) behind; reverse Dioscuri on horseback galloping right, each holds a couched spear and wears a cuirass, paludamentum flying behind, and pileus with a star above, ROMΛ in linear frame below ; scarce

 

The silver sestertius is a scarce type discontinued by 208 B.C.