CNG 105, Lot: 656. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. Circa 230 BC. Æ Aes Grave Sextans (32mm, 46.74 g). Libral standard. Rome mint. Tortoise on a raised disk / Wheel of six spokes; two pellets (mark of value) between spokes; all on a raised disk. Crawford 24/7; ICC 71; Thurlow & Vecchi 35; HN Italy 330. VF, dark green patina with some earthen highlights/deposits. High relief obverse with nicely detailed tortoise.

From the Collection of a Director.