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Aureus Caecilia: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, Licinia: Publius Licinius Crassus Iunianus Damasippus, METEL·PIVS SCIP·IMP / CRASS·IVN LEG·PROPR
| Issuer | Roman Republic (509 BC - 27 BC) |
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| Year | 47 BC - 46 BC |
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| Currency | Denarius of 16 Asses (141 – 27 BC) |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Jupiter facing right, hair bound with a fillet; the field below the portrait features an eagle's head accompanied by a sceptre, serving as subordinate emblems. The legend METEL·PIVS SCIP·IMP is inscribed in the field, identifying the issuing commander Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio as holder of the imperium. The design is executed in the die-engraving tradition of late Republican military coinage, with a beaded border encircling the entire obverse. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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This aureus was struck in the African province during the final campaign of the Pompeian cause, when Metellus Scipio held imperator status and commanded the last substantial republican force capable of challenging Caesar. Crassus Iunianus served as his legate with propraetorian authority — an unusual dual-attribution on a gold issue that reflects the command structure Scipio needed to legitimize in the field. The coin was almost certainly minted somewhere in North Africa, likely near the army's operational base, ahead of the battle of Thapsus in April 46 BC, after which Scipio drowned himself rather than be taken.