441, Lot: 370. Estimate $300. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Anonymous. 211 BC. Æ Semis (27.5mm, 13.03 g, 4h). L. Cornelius (C) series. Mint in Sardinia. Laureate head of Saturn right; S (mark of value) to left / Prow of galley right; S (mark of value) above, C to right. Crawford 63/3; Sydenham 157a; RBW –. Fine, brown patina with traces of red, flan crack. Extremely rare, only two specimens, including this coin, on CoinArchives.
Ex Goodman Collection (Triton I, 2 December 1997), lot 896 (realized hammer $455).
In the Triton I catalog, we stated that this coin was “Extremely rare, only four examples known.”