Two Exceptional Aes Graves from the Laux Collection

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 506. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. Circa 280 BC. Æ Aes Grave Quatrunx (193.74 g, 12h). Hatria (Picenum) mint. Head of Apollo left, wearing long flowing hair; •••• (mark of value) before / HAT, cantharus; ivy-leaf above. Thurlow-Vecchi 183; Haeberlin pl. 76, 1-2; HN Italy 13. Good VF, dark brown patina, earthen highlights. Exceptional for issue.

From the Peter J. Laux Collection.