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Marcus Caecilius Metellus
Marcus Caecilius Metellus


Gens: Caecilia
Moneyer: Marcus Caecilius Metellus
Date and mint: 127 BC - Rome


Obverse: Bust of Roma with helmet, right, with star on the helmet flap. Dotted border.
Legend: ROMA (arriba)
Symbols: Obverse before, x

Reverse: Shield of Macedonia decorated with elephant heads. Laurel wreath border.
Legend: M METELLVS Q F

Comment: The author of this denarius reminds us that he is the son of Q. Metellus Macedonicus by using as a motif the Macedonian shield in the center of which the emblem of the Caecilius and an elephant head appear.

Provenance: Roma Numismatics (2020)
Price: 500
263/1b
263/1b
Image courtesy of: Roma Numismatics

Other references

Crawford: 263/1b
DR: 209
BMCRR (Grueber): Roma 1147
B (Babelon): Caecilia 29
RSC (Seaby): Caecilia 29a
FFC (Fdez., Fdez., Calicó): 206
RC / RCV (D. Sear): 139
CRI (Sear Imperators) 49 - 27 BC:
CRR (Sydenham): 480a
Cal (Calicó): 282
RBW:
Other authors:

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