379, Lot: 329. Estimate $100. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Metellus. 194-190 BC. Æ Quadrans (20mm, 8.58 g, 12h). 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; RBW 588. VF, dark brown patina with touches of green and red. Rare.

From the RBW Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica E (4 April 1995), lot 2783.