128, Lot: 228. Estimate $100. Sold for $93. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius. 81 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.75 g, 7h). Spanish mint. Diademed head of Pietas right; stork before / Elephant walking left. Crawford 374/1; Sydenham 750; Caecilia 43. VF, lustre beneath tone, small flan crack.

From the Harry Strickhausen Collection.