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374, Lot: 455. Estimate $100.
Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Caecilius Metellus. 130 BC. Æ Semis (21mm, 8.87 g, 5h). Rome mint(?). Laureate head of Saturn right; S (mark of value) behind / Prow right; [S] (mark of value) before. Crawford 256/2a; Sydenham 510; RBW 1043 (this coin). VF, dark green patina with earthen highlights/deposits.


Ex RBW Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 61, 5 October 2011), lot 1039.

Andrew McCabe states in the RBW reference that “I’m inclined to think this coin is an unofficial issue, the style is too irregular.”