452, Lot: 684. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Opimius. 169-158 BC. Æ As (30mm, 24.00 g, 10h). OPEIMI series. Rome mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; O(PEIMI) monogram above, I (mark of value) to right. Crawford 188/1; Sydenham 362; Type as RBW 802. Dark brown surfaces, flan preparation marks. VF.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection, purchased from Numismatica Ars Classica, 2011.