420, Lot: 390. Estimate $100. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valerius. 169-158 BC. Æ Semis (26.2mm, 11.45 g, 10h). VAL series. Rome mint. Laureate head of Saturn right; S (mark of value) to left / Prow of galley right; VAL (ligate) above, S (mark of value) to right, ROMA below. Crawford 191/2; Sydenham 356a; Type as RBW 817. Near VF, dark brown surfaces with traces of green and red. Very rare.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex AK Collection (Triton XII, 6 January 2009), lot 463 (item B078).