Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 838. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $215. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Balbus. 169-158 BC. Æ As (22.53 g, 6h). Uncial standard. Rome mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; I (mark of value) to right, BAL monogram above. Crawford 179/1 (citing 15 specimens in Paris); Sydenham 354. VF, green patina, traces of earthen highlights, short edge split.

From Collection V.C.