Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 827. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. 189-180 BC. Æ As (33.50 g, 12h). Uncial standard. Rome mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; I (mark of value) to right; above, bird standing right on T, holding wreath in beak. Crawford 141/2a (citing 6 specimens in Paris); Sydenham 346. VF, brown, green, and red patina, rough surfaces. Rare.

From Collection V.C.