408, Lot: 389. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Metellus. 194-190 BC. Æ Sextans (18mm, 5.17 g, 8h). ME series. Rome mint. Head of Mercury right, wearing winged petasus; • • (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; ME (ligate) above, • • (mark of value) to right, [ROMA] below. Crawford 132/7; Sydenham 319d; Type as RBW 589. VF, brown surfaces. Rare.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection, purchased from Numismatica Ars Classica, 2010.