Exceptional 20 Asses

CNG 85, Lot: 761. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. 211-208 BC. AV 20 Asses (10mm, 1.13 g, 12h). Rome mint. Bearded head of Mars right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; XX (mark of value) behind / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt; grain ear to lower left. Crawford 44/4; Bahrfeldt 6b; Sydenham 228. Near EF. Well centered on a full flan. Exceptional.