Triton XIV, Lot: 567. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Anonymous. Circa 225-217 BC. Æ Aes Grave As (39mm, 280.65 g, 12h). Post Semi-Libral standard. Rome mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus; – (mark of value) below; all on a raised disk / Prow of galley left; | (mark of value) above; all on a raised disk. Crawford 35/1; Sydenham,
Aes Grave 1; Sydenham 71; Thurlow & Vecchi 51; cf. Haeberlin pl. 15, 1; HN Italy 337. Good VF, attractive green and brown patina, small casting flaw on reverse.
From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman. Ex Edward Gans Collection.