Sale: CNG 64, Lot: 972. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 24 September 2003.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gaming Token. Circa 1st Century AD. Lead Tessera - 18mm (3.99 gm). OLYMPIANVS, bare head right / EVCARPIVS, HS • . Rostovsew and Prou pg. 138. VF, green patina. Rare. ($500)

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 28 (8 December 1993), lot 273.

The symbol on the reverse is the abbreviation for 1000 sestertii. Perhaps the amount being wagered on an athletic contest, or the prize for the victors?