401, Lot: 352. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valerius. 169-158 BC. Æ Sextans (20mm, 3.48 g, 12h). VAL series. Rome mint. Head of Mercury right, wearing petasus; • • (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; VAL (ligate) above, •• (mark of value) to right, ROMA below. Crawford 191/5; Sydenham 356d; Type as RBW 820. Near VF, green-brown patina with patches of red, a bit of roughness. Rare.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection, purchased from Vaughn, 2008.