ANONYMOUS BRONZE AES GRAVE AS – ISSUE WITH JANUS AND PROW EX SALTON COLLECTION AND FROM THE RATTO SALE OF 1930 – VF ROMAN REPUBLICAN COIN (Inv. 18284)
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ROMAN REPUBLIC. ANONYMOUS. Ca. 225-217 BC.
Bronze aes grave as, 253.44 g, 69 mm. Issue of Rome.
Obv. Head of Janus on raised disk. Rev. Prow right, I (mark of value) above, all on raised disk.
Crawford, 35/1; Sydenham, 71; Rutter, HN Italy, 337.
Ex Salton Collection and previously from the E. H. Schwing Collection, Mario Ratto, 12/1/1932, lot 4; Joseph Martini collection, Rodolfo Ratto, 2/24/1930, lot 1.
VF, dark green patination with areas of red, a handsome specimen with an early provenance.
