The Pompeians. Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio. 47- Spring 46 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.59 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Scipio in Africa. Laureate head of Jupiter right / African elephant walking right. Crawford 459/1; CRI 45; Sydenham 1046; Caecilia 47; RBW 1601. Lightly toned, weakly struck on the obverse, struck slightly off center. VF.
From the John L. Cowan Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear MBS 12 (28 October 2005), lot 489.