Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1518. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYRENAICA, Cyrene. Circa 37 BC. Æ Quadrans (2.94 g, 6h). Crassus, magistrate. Head of Libya right / Silphium plant. RPC 918; Müller, Afrique -; SNG Copenhagen 1312-3. Good Fine, blue-black patina, light overall porosity. Rare.

From the Patrick Villemur Collection. Ex Berk BBS 97 (12 August 1997), lot 573.