Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 810. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008. Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Unknown. 209-208 BC (or later). Æ As (15.81 g, 11h). Uncial standard. Canusium mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus; horizontal I (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; I (mark of value) above, CA to right. Crawford 100/1b (citing 6 specimens of all varieties in Paris); Sydenham 309a var. (mark of value horizontal on reverse). Near VF, dark green patina, double strike on obverse most noticeable on left profile. Rare.
From Collection V.C.