Bertolami Fine Art - Máchova 838, Vinohrady 18, 120 00 Prague
Presale Auction 391 – RES PVBLICA, IMPERIVM, BYZANTIVM Auction 391 (single-session sale)
Thursday 2 July 2026 hours 15:00 (UTC +01:00)
Q. Caecilius Metellus, Denarius, Rome, 130 BC; AR (3,94 g; 18,4 mm; 6 h)
Q·METE Head of Roma to right, wearing winged helmet, pendant earring and pearl necklace; before, * (mark of value). Rv. Jupiter standing in slow quadriga to right, holding thunderbolt in his left hand and branch in his right; in exergue, ROMA. Crawford 256/1; Babelon (Caecilia) 21; Sydenham 509. Wonderfully iridescent; struck in high relief. Near FDC.