Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 793. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. 211-208 BC (or later). Æ As (3.85 g, 1h). Sextantal standard (weight of an Uncia). Mint in Luceria. Laureate head of bearded Janus; horizontal I (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right. Crawford 97/28 (citing 5 specimens in Paris); Sydenham 304. VF, green and brown patina, earthen highlights. Very rare.

From Collection V.C.

Based on the Sextantal standard, this As has the weight of an Uncia but clearly exhibits the - (mark of value) for an As on the obverse.