DR-646 | Crawford: 460/2
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio / Publius Licinius Crassus Iunianus Damasippus
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio / Publio Licinius Crassus Iunianus Damasippus
Gens: Caecilia / Licinia
Moneyer: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio / Publius Licinius Crassus Iunianus Damasippus
Date and mint: 47 BC/46 BC - ?
Obverse: Bust of Jupiter, right, hair tied back with a band; below, eagle's head and scepter. Dotted border.
Legend: METEL PIVS SCIP IMP
Reverse: Curule Chair; above, scales balanced on a cornucopia; on the left, ear of wheat; on the right, dragon head. Dotted border.
Legend: CRASS IVN LEG PRO PR
Comment: This denarius is supposed to have been minted in Utica because the symbols of the fertile lands around it appear on the reverse.
Provenance: Numismatica Ars Classica (2013)
Price: 24,206 €
Other references
| Crawford: | 460/2 |
| DR: | 646 |
| BMCRR (Grueber): | Africa 4 |
| B (Babelon): | Caecilia 49 Licinia 20 |
| RSC (Seaby): | Caecilia 49 Licinia 20 |
| FFC (Fdez., Fdez., Calicó): | 219 |
| RC / RCV (D. Sear): | 1376 |
| CRI (Sear Imperators) 49 - 27 BC: | 41 |
| CRR (Sydenham): | 1048 |
| Cal (Calicó): | 294 |
| RBW: | |
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