Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 836. Estimate $150. Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008. Sold For $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Uncertain. 169-158 BC. Æ As (25.66 g, 2h). Uncial standard. Rome mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; [I (mark of value) to right], PAE(?) monogram above. Crawford 176/1 (citing 13 specimens in Paris); Sydenham 358. VF, green patina, porous surfaces, traces of deposits.
From Collection V.C.
Crawford suggests that the probable solution of the monogram is Paetus.