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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 788. Estimate $300. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008. 
Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. 211-208 BC. Æ As (59.94 g, 2h). Sextantal standard (heavy series). Mint in central Italy. Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; I (mark of value) to right, horizontal caduceus above. Crawford 60/2 (citing 8 specimens in Paris); Sydenham 164. VF, mottled dark green and red patina, gray earthen deposits on edge. Rare. Exceptional weight.


From Collection V.C.