Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXXAuction date: 21 March 2024
Lot number: 367

Price realized: 700 GBP   (Approx. 887 USD / 816 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


C. Caecilius Metellus AR Denarius. Rome, 125 BC. Head of Roma to right, wearing helmet surmounted by eagle's head; ROMA downwards behind, mark of value below chin / Jupiter, being crowned by Victory flying to right, driving biga of elephants to left, holding thunderbolt and reins; C•METELLVS in exergue. Crawford 269/1; BMCRR Rome 1180-3; RBW 1085; RSC Caecilia 14. 3.78g. 18mm, 5h.

Extremely Fine; minor scrape to obv., attractive old cabinet tone.

This coin published in Richard Schaefer's Roman Republican Die Project (RRDP), processed clippings, 269_sd, available online at:
http://numismatics.org/archives/ark:/53695/schaefer.rrdp.processed_200-299#schaefer_clippings_output_269_sd;
Ex Áureo & Calicó, Auction 388, 27 April 2022, lot 388;
Ex Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH, Mail Bid Sale 11, 12 September 2006, lot 449.

Estimate: 500 GBP