411, Lot: 348. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

A. Terentius Varro. 169-158 BC. Æ Quadrans (21mm, 7.33 g, 3h). Rome mint. Head of Hercules right, wearing lion’s skin headdress; ••• (mark of value) to left / Prow of galley right; (VAR)O above, ••• (mark of value) to right, ROM[A] below. Crawford 185/4; Sydenham 364c; Type as RBW 790. Near VF, dark brown surfaces with traces of green. Very rare.

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