Triton XVI, Lot: 867. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio and Eppius. 47- Spring 46 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.92 g, 7h). Military mint traveling with Scipio in Africa. Small head of Africa right, wearing elephant skin headdress; grain ear to right; plow below; SCIPIO • IMP up left, Q • METELL down right / Hercules standing facing, right hand on hip, leaning on club draped with lion skin and set on rock; [L]EG • F • C up left, EPPIUS down right. Crawford 461/1; CRI 45; Sydenham 1051; Kestner 3586; BMCRR Africa 12; Caecilia 50. Near VF, toned, light scratch or graffito under tone on reverse.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex AstArte XIX (6 May 2006), lot 922.