Numismatica Ars Classica 
Auction 52 
Auction date: 7 October 2009 
 
Lot number: 514 
Price realized: 38,000 CHF  (approx. 37,066 USD as of the 
auction date) + buyer's fees. 

Caracalla augustus, 198 – 211. Aureus 198-201, AV 7.31 g. 

M AVRELIVS – ANTON AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed 
bust of Caracalla right. 
Rev. P SEPT GETA – CAES PONT Bare headed, draped and
 cuirassed bust of Geta right. 

BMC 121. RIC 17. Calicó 2863 (these dies).

Very rare. Two finely executed portraits and a 
magnificent reddish tone, good extremely fine
Ex Leu 59, 1994, 300 and NAC 11, 1998, 475 sales. 

Estimate: 30000 CHF 

With kind permission of Numismatica Ars Classica, March 2010.