271, Lot: 29. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. Circa 217-215 BC. Æ Sextans (29mm, 25.93 g, 8h). Semi-Libral standard. Rome mint. She-wolf standing right, head left, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; •• (mark of value) in exergue / Eagle standing right, holding flower in its beak; •• (mark of value) behind, rOÂa before. Crawford 39/3; Sydenham 95; Kestner 188-9; BMCRR Romano-Campanian 120-4. Good VF, dark green patina, occasional scratch.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong.