Very Rare Countermark of C. Numonius Vala
Legate of Quinctilius Varus
439, Lot: 221. Estimate $150. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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GERMANIA INFERIOR. C. Numonius Vala, legate. Æ As (25mm, 8.30 g). Countermark applied during the reign of Tiberius, AD 14-37(?). C VAL in rectangular countermark on an as of Augustus from Lugdunum. Pangerl 45. Host Fair, c/m’s Fine, some roughness. Very rare.
From the Richard Baker Collection.