385, Lot: 427. Estimate $200. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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C. Junius C.f. 149 BC. Æ Sextans (19mm, 4.69 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of Mercury right, wearing petasus; • • (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; C•IVNI above; •• (mark of value) below. Crawford 210/6; Sydenham 393d; RBW 899 (this coin). Good VF, muddy brown and green patina. Extremely rare.
From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex RBW Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 61, 5 October 2011), lot 895; Gibboni Collection (Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 19 (16 May 2006), lot 768.