Triton XX, Lot: 563. Estimate $500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio. 47- Spring 46 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.86 g, 3h). Military mint traveling with Scipio in Africa. Laureate head of Jupiter right; Q • METEL around right, PIVS below / Elephant advancing right; SCIPIO above, IMP below. Crawford 459/1; CRI 45; Sydenham 1050; Caecilia 47; Kestner; BMCRR Africa 1; RBW 1601. EF, deep iridescent toning.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.24707.