411, Lot: 357. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi. 90 BC. Æ Semis (22mm, 6.71 g, 10h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Saturn right; S (mark of value – retrograde) to left / Prow of galley right; L • PISO above, FRVGI below. Crawford 340/5a; Sydenham 677a; Type as RBW 1271. Near VF/VF, dark brown surfaces, light porosity. Rare.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection, purchased from Numismatica Ars Classica, 2011.