CNG 88, Lot: 1124. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. Circa 225-217 BC. Æ Aes Grave As (64mm, 273.54 g, 12h). Libral standard. Rome mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus; no mark of value below; all on a raised disk / Prow of galley right; I (mark of value) above; all on a raised disk. Crawford 35/1; Thurlow & Vecchi 51a; Haeberlin pl. 14-16, 4; HN Italy 337. Good VF, dark green patina, with some red spots. Impressive.

Ex Stack’s (22 April 2009), lot 1219.