CNG 88, Lot: 1152. Estimate $200. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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C. Censorinus. 88 BC. Æ As (27mm, 11.94 g, 5h). Semuncial standard. Rome mint. Jugate diademed heads right of Numa Pompilius, bearded, and Ancus Marcius / Prow of galley right, behind which is stern of another vessel, on which is a spiral column surmounted by Victory holding wreath and palm frond. Crawford 346/4a (citing 12 specimens in Paris of both varieties); Sydenham 715. VF, dark green, brown, and red patina, struck slightly off center.