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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Imperators| > |Pompeians| > RR71921
Pompeians in North Africa, Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio and P. Licinius Crassus Junianus, 47 - Early 46 B.C.
|Pompeians|, |Pompeians| |in| |North| |Africa,| |Q.| |Caecilius| |Metellus| |Pius| |Scipio| |and| |P.| |Licinius| |Crassus| |Junianus,| |47| |-| |Early| |46| |B.C.|, Jupiter Terminalis on the obverse is copied from the coinage of Pompey the Great. The grain, scales and cornucopia advertise the prosperity of Africa. The curule chair commemorates the consulship of Scipio with Pompey in 52 B.C. Both Scipio and his legate P. Licinius Crassus Junianus fled by sea after the defeat at Thapsus but, trapped by the fleet of Publius Sittius, they committed suicide. After he pierced his body with his sword, some of his men unaware of his wound, asked about him, Scipio replied with his last words, which translate, "The general is doing well."
RR71921. Silver denarius, Crawford 460/2, Sydenham 1048, BMCRR Africa 4, RSC I Caecilia 49, Sear CRI 40, SRCV I 1376, aF, toned, tight flan, banker's mark, African (Utica?) mint, weight 3.311g, maximum diameter 17.6mm, die axis 270o, 47 - early 46 B.C.; obverse METEL PIVS SCIP IMP, bust of Jupiter right, hair tied with band, hair and beard in ringlets, eagle’s head left over scepter below, METEL PIVS before, SCIP IMP behind; reverse CRASS IVN LEG PRO PR, curule chair, scales balanced on cornucopia above, stalk of grain lower left, dragon head or carnyx lower right; from the Andrew McCabe Collection, ex Roma Numismatics e-sale 11, lot 180; very rare; SOLD










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