Bertolami Fine Art
Auction 5 14-15 May 2012
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Q. Marcius Libo, As,Rome, 148 BC, AE, (g 22,14, mm 30, h 6). Laureate head of Janus; above, I, Rv. Prow r.; above, LIBO; before, I; below, R[O]MA. Crawford 215/-, p. 550 n. 59; Sydenham 396b; BMCRR -; Marcia -; Bahrfeldt, Nachträge und Berichtigungen..., I, p. 178.
Of the highest rarity. Good very fine.
Crawford saw only two specimens preserved in the Medagliere Capitolino of Rome and in the Bibliothèque Nationale of Paris, and recognized them as pieces 'altered in modern times'; so he did not consider the variant.
Of the highest rarity. Good very fine.
Crawford saw only two specimens preserved in the Medagliere Capitolino of Rome and in the Bibliothèque Nationale of Paris, and recognized them as pieces 'altered in modern times'; so he did not consider the variant.