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NYINC Signature Sale 3044 3-4 January 2016
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Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, as Imperator (47-46 BC). AR denarius (18mm, 3.87 gm, 8h). Military mint moving with Scipio in Africa. [Q · M]ETEL on right, SCIPIO · IMP on left, head of Africa right, wearing elephant's skin headdress; before, grain ear; below, plow left / EPPIVS on right, LEG · F · C on left, Hercules, nude, standing facing, hand on hip, resting on club draped with lion's skin and set on rock. Crawford 461/1. Sydenham 1051. CRI 44. RSC Caecilia 50. Well struck and gorgeously toned. NGC Choice XF★ 5/5 - 5/5.
Estimate: 1000-1400 USD
Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, as Imperator (47-46 BC). AR denarius (18mm, 3.87 gm, 8h). Military mint moving with Scipio in Africa. [Q · M]ETEL on right, SCIPIO · IMP on left, head of Africa right, wearing elephant's skin headdress; before, grain ear; below, plow left / EPPIVS on right, LEG · F · C on left, Hercules, nude, standing facing, hand on hip, resting on club draped with lion's skin and set on rock. Crawford 461/1. Sydenham 1051. CRI 44. RSC Caecilia 50. Well struck and gorgeously toned. NGC Choice XF★ 5/5 - 5/5.
Estimate: 1000-1400 USD