379, Lot: 625. Estimate $150. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ELECTROTYPES, Roman Republic. Anonymous. AV ‘Stater’ (18mm, 3.11 g, 6h). Modern imitation, probably manufactured 20th century. Laureate, janiform head of Dioscuri / Oath-taking scene: youth kneeling left, head right, holding a pig between two warriors, one Roman and the other representing the Italian allies, standing facing each other, holding spears and touching with their swords a sacrificial pig held by a youth kneeling left. Cf. Crawford 28/1 for prototype. VF, wavy flan, scattered marks. Appears to be made from about 14KT gold.

From the RBW Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXII (2 September 1992), lot 981.