Watch List notes:

D. Silanus L. f. Æ As. Rome, 91 BC. Laureate head of Janus, mark of value above; c/m: male figure walking right, wearing tunic, carrying askos in right hand, 'shovel' on his right shoulder, border of dots / Prow right, D[•SILANVS•L•F] above; c/m: forepart of lion right, within dotted circular border. Crawford 337/5; BMCRR 1853; for countermarks, M. Bahrfeldt, "Die Römisch-Sicilischen Münzen aus der Zeit der Republik." Schweizerische Numismatische Rundschau XII, 1904, p. 434-5, 87e (on an As of D. Silanus L. f.) and C. Stannard, "Overstrikes and imitative coinages in Central Italy in the late Republic", in Coins of Macedonia and Rome, Essays in honour of Charles Hersh, London, 1998, p. 212, 12, pl. 31 (overstruck on As of C. Vibius C. f. Pansa, Cr. 342/7). 12.38g, 29mm, 5h.

Very Fine.

From the Amilcare Collection.