316, Lot: 353. Estimate $150. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Matienus. 179-170 BC. Æ As (33mm, 24.66 g, 11h). Rome mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; MAT monogram above, I (mark of value) to right. Crawford 162/3; Sydenham 321a. Near VF, dark gray-brown patina. Interesting double strike.

Duplicates from the RBW Collection, acquired from Richard Schaefer, 8 December 1995.