134, Lot: 293. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. Circa 280-276 BC. Æ Aes Grave Semis (55mm, 163.63 g, 12h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Mars left; S horizontally below / Head of Venus left; S horizontally below. Thurlow & Vecchi 2; Crawford 14/2; Haeberlin pl. 39, 4. Near VF, dark green patina under heavy earthen encrustation.