434, Lot: 279. Estimate $100. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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C. Papirius Turdus. 169-158 BC. Æ As (31.5mm, 27.46 g, 2h). Rome mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; I (mark of value) to right, TVRD above. Crawford 193/1; Sydenham 366; RBW 826. Fine, dark green to black patina, reddish earthen highlights/deposits, minor smoothing.
Ex Goodman Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 43, 24 September 1997), lot 1501.