420, Lot: 393. Estimate $150. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Scribonius. 154 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.10 g, 10h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) behind / The Dioscuri, each holding spear, on horseback right; C•SCR below, ROMA in partial tablet in exergue. Crawford 201/1; Sydenham 380; Scribonia 1; Type as RBW 864. Near EF, iridescently toned. Nice metal.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection, purchased at the London Coin Fair, May 1989.