420, Lot: 381. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Cn. Baebius Tamphilus. 194-190 BC. AR Victoriatus (17mm, 2.62 g, 6h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Jupiter right / Victory standing right, crowning trophy; TAMP monogram between. Crawford 133/1; Sydenham 336; Baebia 4; Type as RBW 590. Near VF, toned, minor verdigris on the obverse. Rare.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection, purchased from Britaly Coins, 2015.

Rarely available in anything better than execrable condition, this is better quality than the examples in the Leo Benz and JD collections. [A. McCabe]