364, Lot: 145. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Caecilius Metellus. 130 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.65 g, 6h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; mark of value below chin / Jupiter, holding palm frond and thunderbolt, driving quadriga right. Crawford 256/1; Sydenham 509; RBW 1042; Caecilia 21. VF, light porosity.

From the RBW Collection, purchased from Dennis Devine, December 1993.