385, Lot: 418. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. 189-180 BC. Æ Triens (23mm, 8.79 g, 10h). Bull and MD series. Rome mint. Helmeted head of Minerva right; [•]••• (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; above, bull standing right and MD (ligate); [•••]• (mark of value) before. Crawford 142/3; Sydenham 299b; Type as RBW 631. Near VF, brown patina, obverse metal flaw.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex Titano Aes Rude 60 (18 February 1995), lot 115.

This series is one of several that includes wren TOD, shield MAE, and Victory LFP that combines both symbols and family initials, and hence provides clues as to how coins having only symbols might be associated with family names. [A. McCabe]