Lot 284:
Staff and club series. AE As, uncertain mint (Etruria?), from 210 BC. Obv. Laureate head of bearded Janus; I above. Rev. Prow of galley right; I and staff (or horizontal sceptre) above; ROMA in exergue. Cr. 106/4. 40.22 g. 35.00 mm. Greenish grey patina. Crude style. Good VF. The dating of this coin has been suggested by Roberto Lippi, based on a new soon to be published study.