CNG 93, Lot: 1078. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. 179-170 BC. Æ Triens (23mm, 9.25 g, 12h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Minerva right; •••• (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; dolphin above, [•••• (mark of value) to right]. Crawford 160/3; Sydenham –. Fine, green patina, red-brown earthen encrustation, scratch on obverse. Very rare.

Ex RBW Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 61, 5 October 2011), lot 696; acquired from Richard Schaefer in December 1988.