CNG 85, Lot: 738. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. Circa 265 BC. Æ Aes Grave As (76mm, 260.45 g, 12h). Libral standard. Rome mint. Head of Roma right, wearing Phrygian helmet; I (mark of value) behind / Head of Roma left, wearing Phrygian helmet; I (mark of value) behind. Crawford 21/1; Thurlow & Vecchi 16; Haeberlin pl. 27, 1-6; HN Italy 288. Good VF, attractive dark green, brown earthen deposits. Rare.

Ex E. G. Spencer-Churchill (Northwick Park) Collection. (Christie, Manson & Woods, 7 December 1965), lot 128.