279, Lot: 190. Estimate $200. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. Circa 280 BC. Æ Aes Grave Quadrans (39mm, 64.02 g, 12h). Libral standard. Rome mint. Two barley grains; ••• (mark of value) between / Open right hand; ••• (mark of value) to left. Crawford 14/4; Thurlow & Vecchi 4a; Haeberlin pl. 40, 3-4; HN Italy 271. Fine, dark brown patina, earthen encrustation, a few small casting pits.

From the Bruce R. Brace Collection.