436, Lot: 486. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. C. Vibius Varus. 42 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.80 g, 6h). Rome mint. Bust of Minerva right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis / Hercules, naked, standing left, resting right hand on club set on ground and holding lion skin over left arm. Crawford 494/38; CRI 194; Sydenham 1140; Vibia 26; Type as RBW 1741. Near VF, lightly toned, banker’s mark on reverse, flatly struck in areas. Exceptional reverse die and depiction of Hercules.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex Aes Rude Titano 50 (19 September 1992), lot 205.