452, Lot: 685. Estimate $150. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

P. Cornelius P.f. Blasio. 169-158 BC. Æ Semis (26mm, 10.57 g, 1h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Saturn right; S (mark of value) to left / Prow of galley right; P.BLAS above, S (mark of value) to right. Crawford 189/2; Sydenham 370a; RBW 807 (this coin). Dark green patina with some light earthen highlights/deposits in the devices, flan crack. VF. Very rare.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex RBW Collection (Part I, Numismatica Ars Classica 61, 5 October 2011), lot 803, purchased from Kurt Spanier, December 1989.