379, Lot: 338. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Caecilius Metellus. 130 BC. Æ Quadrans (18mm, 4.04 g, 12h). Rome mint. Head of Hercules right, wearing lion skin headdress; ••• (mark of value) to left / Prow of galley right; Q • (ME)(TE) above; ••• (mark of value) to right. Crawford 256/4a; Sydenham 510b; RBW 1045 (this coin). VF, dark green patina with earthen highlights/deposits.

From the RBW Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 61 (5 October 2011), lot 711 (unsold); Christian Blom FPL 104 (February 1985), lot 121.