420, Lot: 438. Estimate $200. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. C. Vibius Varus. 42 BC. AR Denarius (18.2mm, 3.72 g, 12h). Rome mint. Bust of Minerva right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis / Hercules, naked, standing left, resting right hand on club set on ground and holding lion skin over left arm. Crawford 494/38; CRI 194; Sydenham 1140; Vibia 26; Type as RBW 1741. VF, attractively toned, flatly struck in areas.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection, purchased from Roma Numismatics, 2010.