CNG 93, Lot: 1080. Estimate $200. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Balbus. 169-158 BC. Æ As (33mm, 37.12 g, 10h). Rome mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; I (mark of value) to right. Crawford 179/1; Sydenham 354. Fine, green patina, earthen encrustation.

Ex RBW Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 61, 5 October 2011), lot 753; Acquired from Richard Schaefer in December 1996.