Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio AR Denarius. Military mint travelling with Scipio in Africa, 47-46 BC. Eppius, legate. Head of Africa to right, wearing elephant-skin headdress; grain ear before, plough below, Q•METELL downwards to right, [SCIPIO•IMP] upwards to left / Hercules standing facing, hand on hip, leaning on club draped with lion skin and set on rock; [L]EG•F•C upwards to left, EPPIVS downwards to right. Crawford 461/1; CRI 44; RSC Caecilia 50 and Eppia 1; RBW 1605. 3.87g, 18mm, 6h.
Near Mint State; in an excellent state of preservation for the type.