British Museum Duplicate

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1153. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $2730. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. Circa 269-266 BC. AR Didrachm (7.03 g, 9h). Rome mint. Diademed head of Hercules right, club on shoulder; lion skin around neck / She-wolf standing right, suckling twins. Crawford 20/1; Sydenham 6; RSC 8. Good VF, lightly toned, minor pitting and shallow scratches on both sides, edge test cut.

From Collection C.G. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 63 (24 May 2003), lot 1110; Naville V (18 June 1923), lot 138.

This example comes from the British Museum consignment of duplicates from the collections of the Duc de Blacas, Sir Richard Payne-Knight, Lord Elgin, and General A. L. Bretier.