436, Lot: 438. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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L. Saufeius. 152 BC. Æ As (33mm, 25.97 g, 8h). Rome mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; crescent and L • SA(VF) above, I (mark of value) to right. Crawford 204/2; Sydenham 385; Type as RBW 875. Fine, dark brown surfaces, some roughness, obverse metal flaw.
From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex English Amateur Scholar Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 92, Part II, 24 May 2016), lot 1584 (with collector’s ticket dated October 2002).