Triton XX, Lot: 564. Estimate $3000. Sold for $8500. 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, 3.95 g, 11h). Utica mint. Genius of Africa (Sekhmet) standing facing, holding ankh in right hand; GT A flanking head; SCIPIO • IMP upward to left, Q • METEL • PIVS downward to right / Victory standing left, holding winged caduceus in right hand, small round shield in left; [LE]G PRO PR upward to left, P • CRASSVS • IV[N] downward to right. Crawford 460/4; CRI 43; Caecilia 51; Sydenham 1050; Kestner 3585; BMCRR Africa 8; RBW 1604. Near EF, deep iridescent toning, struck on a compact flan. Rare.

From the collection of a director. Ex E. Nicolas Collection (Leu 17, 3 May 1977), lot 699.