401, Lot: 353. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Atilius Saranus. 155 BC. Æ Quadrans (19mm, 6.91 g, 9h). SAR series. Rome mint. Head of Hercules right, wearing lion’s skin; ••• (mark of value) behind / Prow of galley right; SAR above, ••• (mark of value) to right, [R]OMA below. Crawford 199/5; Sydenham 378c; Type as RBW 857. Near VF, dark green patina with touches of red, some roughness. Scarce.
From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex Artemide Aste XXI (5 September 2008), lot 367.