Lot 2236

Description

Anonymous Star and MA Series, Star, (c.206-195 B.C.), Rome mint, AE as, (24.89 grams), obv. head of Janus, I above, rev. prow to right, ROMA below, star above, I to right; another similar MA monogram above, (31.63 grams), (cf.S.124 [£140], cf.174 [£140], Cr.113/2, 172/2, Syd.264, cf.291/a). First fine, second nearly fine, both scarce. (2)

Ex. Glendining's London, October 29, 1986 (lot 52 part) for the first coin, the other from Glendining's London, July 8, 1981 (lot 791 part).