Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 849. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $330. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. 169-158 BC. Æ As (20.52 g, 11h). Uncial standard. Rome mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; I (mark of value) above, anchor to right. Crawford 194/1 (citing 13 specimens in Paris); Sydenham 238. VF, dark brown patina, flan crack.

From Collection V.C.

The average weight of the examples of this anchor type in the Paris, London, and Hannover collections is 25.13g. This example is lighter.