Triton XXII, Lot: 932. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Pompeians. Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio. 47- Spring 46 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 4.08 g, 12h). 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; BMCRR Africa 1-3; RBW 1601. Choice EF, toned.
From the Alan J. Harlan Collection, purchased from Edward J. Waddell. Ex Lanz 163 (7 December 2016), lot 240; Lanz 72 (29 May 1995), lot 428.