Anonymous. 211-208 BC. Æ Sextans (19.5mm, 6.77 g, 1h). "Heavy" series. Mint in central Italy. Draped bust of Mercury right, wearing petasus; • • (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; above, Victory flying right, holding wreath; •• (mark of value) below. Crawford 61/6; Sydenham 148d; Type as RBW 258. Dark brown patina with lighter highlights. VF.
From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex English Amateur Scholar Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 92, Part II, 24 May 2016), lot 1551 (with his ticket); Baranowsky FPL (First Quarter 1998), lot 112 (£It. 170,000).