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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 804. Estimate $300. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008. 
Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Uncertain. 210 BC. Æ As (33.42 g, 7h). Sextantal standard. Mint in Sardinia. Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; I (mark of value) above, MA monogram to right. Crawford 64/2 (citing no specimen in Paris, only 1 specimen in Hannover); cf Sydenham 160 for type (no As denomination recorded). Fine, ebony patina, red-brown earthen deposits, shallow cleaning scratches. Listed as unique by Crawford, this is apparently the second known example, and the only one in private hands.


From Collection V.C.