The Pompeians. Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio and Eppius. 47- Spring 46 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.87 g, 8h). Military mint traveling with Scipio in Africa. Head of Africa right, wearing elephant skin headdress; stalk of grain to right, plow below / Hercules standing facing, with hand on hip, leaning on club draped with lion skin and set on rock. Crawford 461/1; CRI 44; Sydenham 1051; Caecilia 50a; RBW 1605. Lightly toned, a few light scratches, small banker's mark on obverse. Good VF.
Ex Andrew McCabe Collection; Numismatica Ars Classica 52 (7 October 2009), lot 880 (hammer 475 CHF).