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SCIPIO / Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio



C-001-004-2014 Cr. 461/1
  • Obverse: Q. MET[EL] on right, [SC]IPIO. IMP on left, head of Africa right, wearing elephant's skin headdress; before, grain ear; below, plow left
  • Reverse: EPPIVS on right, LEG. F. C on left, Hercules, nude, standing facing, hand on hip, resting on club draped with lion's skin and set on rock.
  • Type: Denar
  • State: Good EF
  • Weight: 3,89 gr.
  • Date: 46 BC
  • Mint: Africa
  • Diameter: 18 mm.
  • Die axis: 7 hs
  • Crawford: 461/1
  • Other Ref: Syd. 1051; CRI 44; RSC Caecilia 50; Cal 284, FFC 216.
  • Source: Heritage Auctions 3032 (04-2014). Lot 23850
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