Rare Fabius As

Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 875. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $830. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Fabius C.f. Hadrianus. 102 BC. Æ As (25.69 g, 8h). Uncial standard. Rome mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; to right, stork standing right. Crawford 322/2 (citing only 5 specimens in Paris); Sydenham 591. Good VF, green-brown patina, minor roughness and deposits. Very rare.

From Collection V.C. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 29 (11 May 2005), lot 324.