Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 893. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $1160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Rubrius Dossenus. 87 BC. Æ As (10.41 g, 3h). Semuncial standard. Rome mint. Janiform heads of Hercules and Mercury; club to left, caduceus to right / Prow of galley right, protruding from behind small distyle temple containing cylindrical altar. Crawford 348/6 (citing 6 specimens in Paris); Sydenham 710. Near VF, dark green patina, earthen highlights, reverse struck slightly off center. Very rare.

From Collection V.C.