Triton XIX, Lot: 406. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio. 47- Spring 46 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.93 g, 3h). Military mint traveling with Scipio in Africa. Laureate head of Jupiter right; Q • METEL around right, PIVS below / Elephant advancing right; SCIPIO above, IMP below. Crawford 459/1; CRI 45; Sydenham 1050; Caecilia 47; RBW 1601. EF, attractively toned. Well centered.