Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XV 5 Apr 2018
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Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio AR Denarius. Military mint travelling with Scipio in Africa, 47 - Spring 46 BC. Eppius, legate. Small head of Africa right, wearing elephant skin headdress; grain ear before, plough below, SCIPIO•IMP upwards to left, Q•METELL downwards to right / Hercules standing facing, right hand on hip, leaning on club draped with lion skin and set on rock; LEG•F•C upwards to left, EPPIVS downwards to right. Crawford 461/1; RSC Caecilia 50 and Eppia 1. 3.87g, 18mm, 8h.
Extremely Fine; beautifully toned and a most charming example of the type.
From the V.D.T. Collection;
Ex collection of an English amateur scholar, Numismatica Ars Classica 92, 24 May 2016, lot 1703.
Extremely Fine; beautifully toned and a most charming example of the type.
From the V.D.T. Collection;
Ex collection of an English amateur scholar, Numismatica Ars Classica 92, 24 May 2016, lot 1703.