Crawford 461/1 Q.METELL.SCIPO IMP with EPPIVS LEG.F.C(Q.Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio and M.Eppius)
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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
Collection : Roman Republic + Imperatorial