385, Lot: 428. Estimate $150. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Atilius Saranus. 148 BC. Æ Uncia (16mm, 3.70 g, 9h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; • (mark of value) behind / Prow of galley right; [M•]ATILI above; • (mark of value) before. Crawford 214/7; Sydenham 399e; Type not in RBW and no prior auction record, previously known from a single specimen in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. Near VF, rough brown surfaces. Extremely rare.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection, purchased privately in London, 2010.