420, Lot: 398. Estimate $75. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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C. Aburius Geminus. 134 BC. Æ Quadrans (19.2mm, 4.49 g, 12h). Rome mint. Head of Hercules right, wearing lion’s skin headdress; ••• (mark of value) behind, club below / Prow of galley right; C•ABVRI (ABVR ligate)/GEM above, ••• (mark of value) to right, ROM[A] below. Crawford 244/3; Sydenham 491a; Type as RBW 1008. VF, rough brown surfaces with touches of green. Rare.
From the Andrew McCabe Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk Ltd., 2003.