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Auction 36E  23 October 2016
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Lot 389

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C. Caecilius Metellus Caprarius. AR Denarius, 125 BC. Obv. Head of Roma right, wearing Phrygian helmet; behind, ROMA; below chin, X. Rev. Jupiter in biga of elephants left, Victory flies above; in exergue, C. METELLVS. Cr. 269/1. B. 14. AR. g. 3.73 mm. 17.50 Scarce. Old cabinet tone. VF. This reverse refers the famous victory of L. Caecilius Metellus over the Chartaginians at Panormus in B.C. 251, when he captured all the enemy's elephants and later exhibited them in his triumph at Rome (RSC I, p. 20).
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