Triton XVIII, Lot: 941. Estimate $300. Sold for $400. 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, 3.84 g, 11h). 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; LEG • F • C upward to left, [EPPIUS] downward to right. Crawford 461/1; CRI 45; Sydenham 1051; Caecilia 50; Kestner 3586; BMCRR Africa 12; RBW 1605. VF, deep iridescent cabinet toning, small test cut under tone on edge.

From the RAJ Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 914995 (January 2012); Sincona 4 (25 October 2011), lot 4161 (part of); French Collection (includes original ticket).