436, Lot: 434. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Furius Purpurio. 169-158 BC. Æ As (30mm, 25.69 g, 2h). PVR (second) series. Rome mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; P(VR) above, I (mark of value) to right. Crawford 187/2; Sydenham 359; Type as RBW 798. Fine, dark brown surfaces, flan flaws.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection, purchased from Numismatica Ars Classica, 2011.