401, Lot: 358. Estimate $100. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Aurelius Rufus. 144 BC. AR Denarius (22mm, 3.78 g, 6h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) behind / Jupiter driving galloping quadriga right, holding reins and scepter and preparing to hurl thunderbolt; (AV) R(VF) below. Crawford 221/1; Sydenham 413; Aurelia 19; Type as RBW 945 (Annius Rufus). Good VF, toned, some minor porosity on the obverse.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex Vecchi 15 (15 June 1999), lot 667.