Vecchi Plate Coin

CNG 109, Lot: 532. Estimate $2000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. Circa 280 BC. Æ Aes Grave Quadrans (44mm, 82.6 g). Rome mint. Right hand; ••• (mark of value) to left / Two barley grains; ••• (mark of value) between. Crawford 14/4; ICC 29 (this coin illustrated); HN Italy 271. Good VF, natural earthen green patina.

From the Gasvoda Collection, purchased from Edward J. Waddell. Ex Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 40 (4 June 2014), lot 427 ($3269); Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 7 (27 April 1987), lot 372.