Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 914. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $875. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio. 47-46 BC. AR Denarius (3.86 g, 10h). Utica mint. Head of Jupiter right; eagle’s head and horizontal scepter below / Curule chair flanked by stalk of grain and dragon’s head; scales balanced on cornucopia above. Crawford 460/2; CRI 41; Sydenham 1048; Caecilia 49. Fine, darkly toned, shallow scratches and minor marks, tiny edge test cut.

Ex Triton VIII (11 January 2005), lot 945.