CNG 97, Lot: 592. Estimate $200. Sold for $210. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Memmius Galeria. 106 BC. Æ As (31mm, 28.66 g, 2h). Rome mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right, with head of Venus decorating acrostolium (prow-stem); to right, Cupid standing left, crowning head of Venus with wreath. Crawford 313/2; Sydenham 575. VF, attractive, hard green patina, earthen deposits, flan flaw, areas of flat strike.

From the RBW Collection. Ex Vecchi 12 (5 June 1998), lot 615.