CNG 90, Lot: 1278. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. Circa 280 BC. Æ Aes Grave Triens (47mm, 83.43 g, 9h). Heavy series. Rome mint. Thunderbolt; •• •• (mark of value) across field / Dolphin right; •••• (mark of value) above. Crawford 14/3; Thurlow & Vecchi 3a var. (pellets above dolphin); Haeberlin pl. 39, 15; HN Italy 270; Sydenham 10. VF, dark green patina, earthen deposits, a few flan flaws. Very rare with the pellets above the dolphin. None in Coin Archives.

From the L.C. Aes Grave Collection.