Crawford 461/1 Q.METELL.SCIPO IMP with EPPIVS LEG.F.C(Q.Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio and M.Eppius)

METELL SCIPO IMP with EPPIVS LEG.F.C(Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio and M.Eppius)

Denar 47/46 BC, Military mint in Africa

Avers: Q Metell SCIPIO IMP, laureated head of Africaand clad in Elephant's skin, corn ear before, plough below

Revers: EPPIVS LEG F C, naked Hercules, facing right, right hand on hip, rseting on club set on rock

3,2 Gramm (edge filing, probably ex jewelery and removed from a mount)

Sear 1380/2, Crawford 461/1, Albert 1406

LEG F C probably stand for Legatus fisci castrensis, Minted shortly before the battle of Thapsus in which Caesar defeatet the Pompeians

 obverse die match

Sammlung : Roman Republic + Imperatorial