Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 902. Estimate $150. Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008. Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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C. Cassius Longinus and L. Salinator. 84 BC. Æ As (11.46 g, 6h). Semuncial standard. Rome mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus; crescent (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; D • S • S (
De senatus sententia) on side of galley. Crawford 355/1h (citing 24 specimens of all varieties in Paris); Sydenham 731d. VF, green patina, minor roughness.
From Collection V.C.