136, Lot: 142. Estimate $300. Sold for $327. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Pergamon. Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, as Imperator. Circa 49-48. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.30 g). Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath / Q. METELLVS PIVS SCIPIO IMPER, serpents entwined around legionary aquila; monogram left. Stumpf 68; SNG France 1763; BMC Mysia pg. 126, 127. VF, lightly toned. Rare.

Metellus, father-in-law of Pompey, took an active role in the Senate's attempt to strip Caesar of his Gallic command. When the Pompeian party fled Rome for the east in 49 BC, Metellus was given command of the forces in Syria. He exacted funds from