CNG 112, Lot: 490. Estimate $300. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Baebius Q.f. Tampilus. 137 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.97 g, 11h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma left; X (mark of value) below chin / Apollo, holding bow and arrow, driving quadriga right. Crawford 236/1a; Sydenham 489; Baebia 12; cf. RBW 975 (for type). Light iridescent toning, obverse die break. EF.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex JD Collection (Part III, Numismatica Ars Classica 78, 26 May 2014), lot 413; Schweizerischer Bankverein Zürich FPL (Spring 1978), no. 61 (CHF 280).