Anonymous. Circa 217-215 BC. Æ Triens (36mm, 52.31 g, 2h). Rome mint. Head of Juno right, wearing diadem decorated with crest of helmet; •••• (mark of value) to left / Hercules standing right, holding club with which he is about to strike the centaur Nessus, whom he grasps by the hair of his head; •••• (mark of value) to right. Crawford 39/1; Sydenham 93; RBW 104. Green and red-brown patina, light roughness. VF. An attractive coin with engaging mythological imagery.
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