171, Lot: 257. Estimate $150. Sold for $193. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio. Imperator, 47-46 BC. AR Denarius (16mm, 3.77 g). Head of Africa right, wearing elephant's skin headdress; grain ear before, plow below / Hercules standing facing, leaning on club. Crawford 461/1; CRI 44; Sydenham 1051; Caecilia 50. VF, toned, obverse banker’s mark. Scarce.

From the Karl Sifferman Collection.