374, Lot: 441. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Anonymous. 169-158 BC. Æ As (33mm, 21.64 g, 4h). Rome mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; I (mark of value) to right; above, gryphon advancing right, trampling on head of hare. Crawford 182/2; Sydenham 284; RBW 771. Fine, green patina with some earthen highlights/deposits. Scarce.
From the RBW Collection, purchased from Richard Schaefer, December 1994.