Lot 2227

Description

Anonymous C and AVR Series, (211 B.C.), Sardinia mint, AE semis, (10.94 grams), obv. head of Saturn to right, [S] behind, rev. prow to right, ROMA below, C to right, [S] above; AE sextans, (4.81 grams), obv. head of Mercury to right, two dots above, rev. prow to right, ROMA above, AVR monogram to right, two dots below, (S.-, -, Cr.63/3, 65/6, Syd.157a, 162d). First with surface corrosion, but the reverse double struck creating a ROMA legend at top and bottom of the coin, otherwise nearly very fine and very rare (2 examples of type only in Paris), second very fine and rare. (2)

Ex. Spink Australia, May 27, 1977 for the first coin, second coin from Mark Vincenzi, Colchester, October 2, 1978.