420, Lot: 400. Estimate $150. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. 128 BC. Æ Semis (22mm, 7.29 g, 11h). Anonymous series with elephant’s head. Rome mint. Laureate head of Saturn right; S (mark of value) to left / Prow of galley right; elephant’s head right above, S (mark of value) to right, [ROMA] below. Crawford 262/2; Sydenham 497; Type as RBW 1061. Good VF, brown surfaces, a bit of porosity. Rare.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection, purchased from Numismatica Ars Classica, 2011. Ex Bombarda Collection (with collector’s ticket).