436, Lot: 432. Estimate $75. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Cluvius Saxula. 169-158 BC. Æ Triens (24mm, 10.00 g, 10h). Mint in central Italy. Helmeted head of Minerva right; •••• (mark of value) above / Prow right; S(AX) above; •••• (mark of value) to right. Crawford 180/3; Sydenham 361b; Type as RBW 763. Fine, dark brown surfaces, some roughness.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 7 (2 March 1994), lot 508.

The rare SAX and common C. SAX series are often confused by collectors, especially as the initial C in RRC 173 is often off the flan. The two series are easily distinguished by the deck structures. On C. SAX there is just a horizontal line with two dots representing the structure, and a second horizontal line below that representing the fighting platform, see the C. SAX sextans in this sale. On the rarer SAX issue, as on this coin, there is a raised square deck structure, standing atop a gently sloping fighting platform. [Andrew McCabe]