Details
LOT 2687
Ancient Roman Republican Coins - Murena - AE As 169-158 B.C.
Obv: head of Janus with value mark I above. Rev: MVRENA ROMA legend (MVRENA partly ligate) above and beneath prow right. Fine.(31.69 grams.). [No Reserve]
Provenance
From an old North American collection.
Acquired from Hesperia Art, New York, USA, in the 1960s.
Property of a Harrow, UK gentleman.
With a coin ticket and packet.
Literature
Crawford 186.1 variant (different letters ligate); BMC 806 variant (ditto).
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