241, Lot: 292. Estimate $150. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gargilius, Ogulnius, and Vergilius. 86 BC. Æ As (25mm, 10.28 g, 5h). Rome mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above / Prow of galley left; O below. Crawford 350A/3a; Sydenham 722. VF, green patina. Overstruck.

This very unusual error coin is interesting in that it appears that the undertype is the Gargilius, et al. as. The identity of the overtype remains elusive but appears to be a male head right (seen on the reverse of the as) and an eagle(?) standing right with palm(?) over wing (only the lower portion of which is visible).