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Auction #37
Lot Number: 64121
Estimate: $250.00
Final Sale Price: $225.50
Denomination: Cistophoric Tetradrachm
Grade: Fine or better
Reference: Stumpf 68, pl. II, 22; BMC Mysia pg. 126, 127-128; CNR
Caecilia 75

  Mysia, Pergamon. Q.Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, as Imperator. Circa 49-48 BC. AR
  Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.40 gm). Serpent crawling from basket (cista) / Q.
  METELLVS PIVS SCIPIO IMPER, serpents entwined around legionary aquila; monogram.
  Stumpf, Numismatische Studien zur Chronologie der Römischen Statthalter in
  Kleinasien, 68, pl. II, 22; BMC Mysia pg. 126, 127-128; CNR Caecilia 75. Lightly
  toned Fine/VF, light porosity, a few nicks. Very Rare. Estimate $250.

Online auction 37 closed September 10, 2001.

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