CNG 105, Lot: 722. Estimate $300. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio. 47- Spring 46 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.08 g, 9h). Military mint traveling with Scipio in Africa. Laureate head of Jupiter right / African elephant walking right. Crawford 459/1; CRI 45; Sydenham 1046; Caecilia 47. VF, old gray cabinet toning, colorful iridescent hues. A particularly well centered elephant.

From the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 79 (17 September 2008), lot 998; Classical Numismatic Group 53 (15 March 2000), lot 1330.