Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 845. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Opimius. 169-158 BC. Æ As (30.21 g, 3h). Uncial standard. Rome mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; I (mark of value) to right, OPEIMI monogram above. Crawford 188/1 (citing 8 specimens in Paris); Sydenham 362. VF, dark green patina, flan flaw on reverse near edge from 5 to 6 o’clock.

From Collection V.C.