Dolphin Series Æ Quadrans. Rome, 179-170 BC. Head of Hercules to right, wearing lion skin headdress; ••• (mark of value) behind / Prow to right; dolphin above, ••• (mark of value) before, ROMA in exergue. Crawford 160/4; BMCRR Rome 430; RBW 702 = NAC 61, 697; InAsta 32, 72 = Rauch 87, 234 = Bertolami 4, 766 = Roma e11, 117. 8.00g, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine; areas of flat strike, attractive brown patina. Very Rare; seemingly just the third specimen to come to auction in the past twenty years.
From the Andrew McCabe Collection, collector's tickets included;
Privately purchased from Numismatica Ars Classica AG, 2010.