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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 838. Estimate $150. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008. 
Sold For $215. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Balbus. 169-158 BC. Æ As (22.53 g, 6h). Uncial standard. Rome mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; I (mark of value) to right, BAL monogram above. Crawford 179/1 (citing 15 specimens in Paris); Sydenham 354. VF, green patina, traces of earthen highlights, short edge split.


From Collection V.C.