Triton XVI, Lot: 864. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio and P. Licinius Crassus Junianus. 47- Spring 46 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.86 g, 9h). Utica mint. Head of Jupiter right, beard and hair in ringlets; below, eagle's head left above and scepter; SCIP • IMP up left, METEL• PIVS down right / Cornucopia, supporting scales, set on curule chair, itself set on ground line; grain ear to left, head of cetus to right; LEG • PRO • PR up left, CRASS • IVN down right. Crawford 460/2; CRI 41; Sydenham 1048; Kestner 3582; BMCRR Africa 4; Caecilia 49. VF, toned. Very rare.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex the New York Sale II (7 December 2000), lot 543; ex Hirsch 190 (8-10 May 1996), lot 510.