Spectacular Blue-Green Patina

CNG 106, Lot: 634. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. Circa 240 BC. Æ Litra (15mm, 3.50 g, 4h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Mars right / Bridled head of horse right; sickle behind. Crawford 25/3; Sydenham 26; HN Italy 299. Good VF, exquisite blue-green patina, small flan crack.

Ex Gorny & Mosch 181 (12 October 2009), lot 1893 (hammer €650).