CNG 93, Lot: 1077. Estimate $200. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Metellus. 194-190 BC. Æ Quadrans (20mm, 9.49 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of Hercules right, wearing lion skin; ••• (mark of value) behind / Prow of galley right; ••• (mark of value) to right, ME monogram above. Crawford 132/6; Sydenham 319c. VF, green patina, traces of deposits. Very rare.

Ex RBW Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 61, 5 October 2011), lot 582; Numismatica Ars Classica 9 (16 April 1996), lot 583.