CNG 85, Lot: 772. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. 169-158 BC. Æ As (31mm, 25.45 g, 5h). Reduced Sextantal standard. Rome mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; I (mark of value) to right; butterfly on vine branch with leaf and grape bunch. Crawford 184/1a (citing 20 specimens in Paris of two varieties); Sydenham 296. VF, green patina, some red, minor cleaning marks. Rare in this state of preservation.