Triton XVI, Lot: 865. Estimate $5000. Sold for $17000. 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 (17mm, 3.92 g, 11h). Utica mint. Head of city-goddess of Utica right, wearing mural crown; grain ear left, winged caduceus right; uncertain object (aplustre[?]) above; rostrum below; LEG • PRO • PR up left, CRASS • IVN down right / Trophy, holding bow and quiver and round shield, set on ground line; lituus to left, capis to right; SCIP • IMP up left, METEL• PIVS down right. Crawford 460/3; CRI 42; Sydenham 1049; Kestner 3582; BMCRR Africa 6; Caecilia 52. Near EF, lightly toned. Very rare.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 41 (20 November 2007), lot 14.