432, Lot: 229. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

A. Terentius Varro. 169-158 BC. Æ Triens (23mm, 7.29 g, 12h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Minerva right; •••• (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; (VAR)O above, [••••] (mark of value) to right. Crawford 185/3; Sydenham 364b; Type as RBW 789. VF, brown surfaces, areas of flat strike. Rare.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex English Amateur Scholar Collection (via trade), originally purchased by him in April 1994, with his ticket.