315, Lot: 303. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Caecilius Metellus. 130 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.93 g, 12h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; mark of value below chin / Jupiter, holding palm frond, reins, and thunderbolt, driving triumphal quadriga right. Crawford 256/1; Sydenham 509; Caecilia 21. Good VF, toned, very minor obverse die flaws, traces of deposits.

From the Dr. Robert A. Kilmarx Collection.