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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Imperators| > |Pompeians| > SH79740
Roman Republic, Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, Imperator 47 - 46 B.C.
|Pompeians|, |Roman| |Republic,| |Q.| |Caecilius| |Metellus| |Pius| |Scipio,| |Imperator| |47| |-| |46| |B.C.|, Scipio was the Pompeian commander of the anti-Caesareans. His headquarters was at the provincial capital of Utica, near the site of Carthage, and this is likely the site of his mint. Defeated by Caesar's forces, Scipio committed suicide in 46 B.C.
SH79740. Silver denarius, SRCV I 1380/2 (small Africa head), BMCRR Africa 12 (same), RSC I Caecilia 50a (same), Crawford 461/1, Sydenham 1051, Sear CRI 44, F, corrosion, scratches, slightly off-center, Africa, Utica mint, weight 3.340g, maximum diameter 17.9mm, die axis 270o, 47 - 46 B.C.; obverse Q METELL SCIPIO IMP, head of Africa right, laureate and clad in elephant scalp, stalk of grain before, plow below; reverse EPPIVS LEG F C, Herakles standing facing, naked, right hand on hip, resting on club draped with Nemean lion's skin and set on a rock; SOLD











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