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Auction: 19004 - Coins and Commemorative Medals: Spring Auction
Lot: 242

Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, 47-46 BC, AR Denarius, 3.84g, head of Africa right, wearing elephant's skin and corn stalk, q. mete[ll] before, [s]cipio imp behind, rev. Hercules standing facing, [eppivs] on right, leg. f.c left (Craw 461/1; RSC Caecilia 50a; Syd 1051), lustrous, almost extremely fine

provenance
SNC, October 1965, no. 5564 - "very rare piece, and almost perfect" - £28.0.0

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Sold for
£1,300