401, Lot: 349. Estimate $200. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Anonymous. 189-180 BC. Æ Quadrans (20mm, 6.95 g, 12h). Bull and MD series. Rome mint. Head of Hercules right, wearing lion’s skin; ••[•] (mark of value) behind / Prow of galley right; bull standing right and MD (ligate) above, ••• (mark of value) to right, ROMA below. Crawford 142/4; Sydenham 299c; Type as RBW 632. Near VF, dark brown surfaces with patches of black patina, some roughness. Rare.
From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex JD Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 78, Part II, 27 May 2014), lot 1663; Numismatica Ars Classica Autumn 95 (26 October 1995), lot 467.