Very Rare Countermark of C. Numonius Vala
Legate of Quinctilius Varus

CNG 111, Lot: 480. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANIA INFERIOR. C. Numonius Vala, legate. Æ As (26mm, 10.19 g). Countermark applied during the reign of Tiberius, AD 14-37(?). C VAL in rectangular countermark on an as of Augustus from Lugdunum. Pangerl 45. Host Good Fine, c/m VF, brown surfaces. Very rare.

From the Richard Baker Collection.