385, Lot: 439. Estimate $500. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

A. Manlius Q.f. Sergianus. 118-107 BC. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.95 g, 6h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; SER downward behind, ROMA upward before / Sol in facing quadriga rising from the waves of the sea; star on either side; X and crescent above; A•(MA)(NL)I•Q•F below. Crawford 309/1; Sydenham 543; Manlia 1; Type as RBW 1152. VF, toned, obverse die rust, light porosity on the reverse. Rare.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear at NYINC, January 2013.

A high proportion of coins of this type are struck from worn and damaged dies, as is this coin. [A. McCabe]