DR-649 | Crawford: 461/1
Eppius / Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio
Eppius / Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio
Gens: Caecilia
Moneyer: Eppius / Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio
Date and mint: 47 BC/46 BC - Africa
Obverse: Bust of Africa, right, laureate and with elephant skin; To the right, Ear of wheat; behind, Plow. Dotted border.
Legend: Q METELL SCIPIO IMP
Reverse: Hercules standing, facing forward, with his right hand on his hip and his left arm resting on a mace covered with lion skin (the mace rests on rock). Dotted border.
Legend: EPPIVS LEG F C
Comment: All the coins of this character are minted in Africa, supposedly in Utica
Provenance: Numismatica Ars Classica (2012)
Price: 7,077 €
Other references
| Crawford: | 461/1 |
| DR: | 649 |
| BMCRR (Grueber): | Africa 10, 12 |
| B (Babelon): | Caecilia 50 Eppia 1 |
| RSC (Seaby): | Caecilia 50 y 50a Eppia 1 |
| FFC (Fdez., Fdez., Calicó): | 216, 217 |
| RC / RCV (D. Sear): | 1380 |
| CRI (Sear Imperators) 49 - 27 BC: | 44 |
| CRR (Sydenham): | 1051 |
| Cal (Calicó): | 291, 292 |
| RBW: | 1605 |
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