452, Lot: 673. Estimate $150. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Anonymous. 206-195 BC. Æ As (35.5mm, 37.61 g, 11h). Rome mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; above, dog standing right; I (mark of value) to right. Crawford 122/3; Sydenham 251; Type as RBW 563. Dark green and brown patina with traces of red, some minor smoothing, slightly uneven strike. VF. Interesting die break on reverse denomination mark. Rare.
From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex ArtCoins Roma 4 (5 December 2011), lot 763.