Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 944. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, Imperator. 47-46 BC. AR Denarius (3.45 gm, 12h). Mint in North Africa. Q. METEL downwards on right, PIVS below, laureate head of Jupiter right, beard and hair in ringlets / SCIPIO above, IMP in exergue, elephant walking right. Crawford 459/1; CRI 45; Sydenham 1046; Kestner 3580; BMCRR Africa 1; Caecilia 47. EF, toned. ($500)

From the Claude Collection.