CNG 85, Lot: 768. Estimate $750. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. 209 BC. Æ As (31mm, 30.70 g, 11h). Sextantal standard. Southeast Italian mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; I (mark of value) to right; spearhead above. Crawford 88/3a (citing 1 specimen in Paris of two varieties); Sydenham 224. Near VF, green patina, some minor pits. The first to appear at auction. Very rare.