436, Lot: 435. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Opimius. 169-158 BC. Æ Sextans (18.5mm, 6.56 g, 1h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Mercury right, wearing winged petasus; • • (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; O (PEIMI) above, • • (mark of value) to right. Crawford 188/5; Sydenham 362d; Type as RBW 805. Fine, dark green to black patina, some obverse roughness.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex ArtCoins Roma E-Sale 12 (ND), lot 97; ArtCoins Roma 4 (5 December 2011), lot 769.