The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Quintus Caecilius Metellus Baliaricus, Roman Consul (c. 170 BC - fl. 123 BC)

Consul in 123 BC. He had great success establishing Roman colonies around the Mediterranean, and minted coins in 130 BC. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-1221?rskey=iMVuDd&result=10&q=caecilius%20metellus Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintus_Caecilius_Metellus_Balearicus References in Documents:
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Q. Caecilius Metellus moneyer. Orsini 1577, p. 38.
Musaeum Clausum (1684)

23. An exquisite Piece properly delineating the first course of Metellus his Pontificial Supper, according to the description of Macrobius; together with a Dish of Pisces Fossiles, garnished about with the little Eels taken out of the backs of Cods and Perches; as also with the Shell Fishes found in Stones about Ancona.