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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3228544, member: 84744&quot;]Thanks, [USER=82194]@dadams[/USER]!&nbsp; I vaguely remember looking at this paper when I was working on my Julius Caesar elephant writeup.&nbsp; I see now that on p. 137 he notes that Metellus was probably hailed as imperator for the first time in the Social War, maybe around 88.&nbsp; It also says he went to Spain in 79, not 80... so it seems probable this coin was issued in Italy if the dating of his status as <i>monetalis</i> is correct, and he didn&#039;t issue coins in Spain.&nbsp; That seems to be Crawford&#039;s opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>The older British Museum catalogue dates them to the Spanish period of 79-77.&nbsp; However, in s<a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?searchText=caecilius+metellus+pius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?searchText=caecilius+metellus+pius" rel="nofollow">earching their online catalogue</a>, it seems they have now changed their opinion and are going with the Northern Italian mint in 81.</p><p><br /></p><p>Problem solved, at least to my satisfaction, for the moment. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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