CNG 85, Lot: 760. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Anonymous. 211-210 BC. Æ As (33mm, 35.50 g, 1h). Reduced Sextantal standard. Southeast Italian mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; anchor to right; Q and I (mark of value) above. Crawford 86B/1 (citing only 1 specimen in Paris); Sydenham 301. VF, dark green patina, areas of brown and red. Only the second example to appear at auction. Extremely rare.