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21 February 2021
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Starting Price: 75 CHF
Hammer Price:  400 CHF
Lot 513

Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio and Eppius, 47-spring 46 BC. Plated Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.81 g, 10 h), military mint traveling with Scipio in Africa. Q · METEL [S]CIPIO · IMP Head of Africa to right, wearing elephant's skin headdress; in field to right, stalk of grain; below, plow. Rev. EPPIVS LEG · F · C Hercules standing facing, with his hand set on hip, leaning on club draped with lion's skin and set on rock. Babelon (Caecilia) 50. Crawford 461/1. CRI 44. Sydenham 1051. Light toning. A few faint scratches, otherwise, very fine.

From the Trausnitz Collection, ex G. Hirsch 188, 22 November 1995, 456.

Online bidding closes: 21 Feb 2021, 19:16:30 CET Current Date & Time: 27 Apr 2024, 02:47:51 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:400 CHF by MailBidder8039 (15 bids)
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