452, Lot: 677. Estimate $100. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. 179-170 BC. Æ Semis (27mm, 15.87 g, 8h). PVR (first) series. Rome mint. Laureate head of Saturn right; S (mark of value) to left / Prow of galley right; (PVR) monogram above, S (mark of value) to right. Crawford 155/3; Sydenham 331a; Type as RBW 685. Dark green patina with patches of red, some roughness and minor smoothing. Good Fine. Extremely rare.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex ArtCoins Roma 8 (3 February 2014), lot 271.

All the RRC 155 PVR types (with VR ligate as on this coin) are very rare. [Andrew McCabe]