285, Lot: 263. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Anonymous. Circa 225-217 BC. Æ Aes Grave Quadrans (40mm, 69.80 g, 12h). Libral standard. Rome mint. Head of Hercules left, wearing lion skin; ••• (mark of value) behind; all on a raised disk / Prow of galley right; ••• (mark of value) below; all on a raised disk. Crawford 35/4; Thurlow & Vecchi 54; Haeberlin pl. 18, 1-9; HN Italy 340. Good VF, dark grayish-green patina, minor roughness.
From the L.C. Aes Grave Collection.