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Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 1943. Closing Date: Sep 25, 
2002.  CARACALLA. BID Estimate $2500  

CARACALLA. 198-217 AD. AV Aureus (6.92 gm). Struck 
211 AD. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on 
left shoulder / Caracalla standing left, holding 
parazonium and spear, right foot on reclining 
river-god, water flowing from a rock below. RIC -; 
BMCRE -; Cohen -. VF. Unpublished variety, and the 
second recorded specimen. ($2500) 
From the Marc Melcher Collection.
Struck shortly after Caracalla's return from 
Britain, this type is the last of of the British 
Victory types. An identical type is recorded for 
Geta in 211 (BMCRE 18), where the figure on the 
ground is called Britania, but it obviously 
represent a river-god, as attested by the flowing 
water, perhaps the Tyne or the English Channel.

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Lot sold for  $3400, plus buyers fees.

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