436, Lot: 479. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio. 47- Spring 46 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.80 g, 12h). 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; Type as RBW 1601. Good VF, toned, metal flaw (or very old scratch) before face on obverse.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection, purchased from Holyland Coins (Ontario, Canada), 2012.