420, Lot: 415. Estimate $150. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Gargilius, Ogulnius, and Vergilius. 86 BC. Æ As (26.8mm, 13.34 g, 7h). Rome mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above / Prow of galley left; N/VER•OGVL•GA[R] (VL ligate) above. Crawford 350A/3f; Sydenham 722e; Type as RBW 1341. VF, reddish-brown patina with traces of green, struck slightly off center.
From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex English Amateur Scholar Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 92, Part II, 24 May 2016), lot 1637 (acquired by him in 1984).