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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;akeady, post: 8228787, member: 83175&quot;]Here&#039;s another Clain-Stefanelli coin, which I didn&#039;t know when I bought it, spotting it on page 60 of Elvira Clain-Stefanelli&#039;s &quot;Life In Republican Rome On Its Coinage&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Moneyer: Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius</p><p>Obv.: Q. METELL / SCIPIO IMP - Head of Africa right, wearing elephant&#039;s skin, corn stalk before, plough below</p><p>Rev.: EPPIVS / LEG. F. C. - Hercules standing facing, naked, hand on hip, leaning on club set on a rock</p><p>Mint: Africa (ca. 47-46 BC)</p><p>Wt./Size/Axis: 3.90g / 17mm / 0h</p><p>References:</p><ul> <li>RSC 50 (Caecilia)</li> <li>Sydenham 1051</li> <li>Crawford 461/1</li> <li>HCRI 44</li> </ul><p>Provenances:</p><ul> <li>Ex. Clain-Stefanelli Collection</li> </ul><p>Acquisition: Mike Vosper Online shop 15-May-2018</p><p><br /></p><p>Notes: <i>Jun 26, 21</i> - Coin struck in the names of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, commander of the Pompeian forces in Africa and Marcus Eppius. The inscription &quot;LEG F. C.&quot; is probably best translated as &quot;LEGATUS FISCI CASTRENSIS&quot; - Legate of the camp treasury. The coin was struck in 47 or early 46BC. The Pompeians were badly defeated in the Battle of Thapsus in February 46BC and Scipio committed suicide in its aftermath. Eppius survived to strike coins in Spain for Sextus Pompey.</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr461_1_Obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr461_1_Rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000b3">Next... another coin with a personification of Africa</span></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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