Bertolami Fine Art - Máchova 838, Vinohrady 18, 120 00 Prague
Auction 331 | RES PVBLICA RES PVBLICA
Thursday 27 March 2025 hours 14:00 (UTC +01:00)
Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, Denarius, 47-46 BC; AR (3,85 g; 17,7 mm)
Military mint travelling with Scipio in Africa. Laureate head of Jupiter r., in archaic style with beard and hair in ringlets; before, Q·METEL downwards; below, PIVS; Rv. Elephant standing r.; SCIPIO above, IMP below. Crawford 459/1; Babelon (Caecilia) 47; Sydenham 1050. Old cabinet tone; pleasing iridescence. Banker's marks. Good fine.