Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1318. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

UMBRIA, Iguvium. Circa 220 BC. Æ Aes Grave Uncia (18.32 gm, 12h). Bunch of grapes within raised circle / Incuse bunch of grapes and pellet within raised circle. Thurlow & Vecchi 155; Haeberlin pl. 79, 10; HN Italy 28. VF, brown patina, earthen highlights. The coin has not been fully cast to the matrix and the lack of metal has not allowed the pellet to form. ($200)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.