Triton XV, Lot: 1449. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Anonymous. Circa 230-220 BC. Æ Aes Grave Dupondius (71mm, 259.87 g, 6h). Semi-Libral standard. Volaterrae (Etruria) mint. Janiform head of Culsans, wearing pointed petasus / Club; I I (mark of value) across field; ethnic around. Thurlow & Vecchi 85 (9 specimens recorded); Haeberlin pl. 83, 1-6; HN Italy 109a. VF, dark green patina, traces of deposits. Rare.
From the L.C. Aes Grave Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 10 (9 April 1997), lot 287; Bradbury Kalmonde Thurlow Collection (Classical Numismatic Group XXIV, 9 December 1992), lot 69.