237, Lot: 339. Estimate $150. Sold for $410. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio. 47-46 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.75 g, 11h). Military mint traveling with Scipio in Africa. Laureate head of Jupiter right / Elephant walking right. Crawford 459/1; CRI 45; Sydenham 1046; Caecilia 47. VF, toned, bankers’ marks.

From the Collection of Professor L. Fontana.