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Web Auction 9  7-8 Sep 2019
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Lot 971

Starting price: 100 CHF
Price realized: 480 CHF
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Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, 47-46 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.95 g, 9 h), military mint traveling with Scipio in Africa, 47-early 46. Q•METELL - SCIPIO•IMP Head of Africa to right, wearing elephant skin headdress; stalk of grain to right, plow below. Rev. LEG•F•C - EPPIVS Hercules standing facing, right hand set on his hip and leaning left on club draped with lion skin and set on rock. Babelon (Caecilia) 50 and (Eppia) 1. Crawford 461/1. RBW 1605. Sydenham 1051. A beautifully toned and very attractive piece. Slightly polished, otherwise, extremely fine.
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