Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1618. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $235. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Oppius Pr. Circa 45 BC. Æ Dupondius(?) (15.29 g, 12h). Italian(?) mint. Diademed head of Venus right; crescent below chin / Victory advancing left, head right, holding palm frond and plate of fruit. Crawford 550/2b; CRI 507; RPC I 602/2; Sydenham 1277. Fine, brown surfaces.

From the Patrick Villemur Collection.