149, Lot: 320. Estimate $150. Sold for $326. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio. Imperator, 47-46 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.82 g). North African mint. Head of Africa right, wearing elephant's skin headdress; grain ear before, plow below / Hercules standing facing, leaning on club. Crawford 461/1; CRI 44; Sydenham 1051; Caecilia 50a. VF, lightly toned.

From the Harry Strickhausen Collection.