CNG ebay - Caracalla. Aureus. Fine. Very Rare!

Caracalla. 198-217 AD. AV Aureus (7.00 gm). Struck 211 AD.
ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head right / LIBERALITAS AVG VI
ET V, Caracalla and Geta seated left on platform, Liberalitas
standing to left holding abacus, citizen ascending steps to
receive largesse. Fine, slightly wavy flan. Very rare! 717416.

This rare aureus depicts the Imperial brothers Caracalla and Geta
distributing cash to citizens upon their return from the Severan
British campaign of 208-211 AD. Although intended to reinforce
the image of a united regime, the legend rather strangely
differentiates the two rulers, noting the cash distribution as
Caracalla's sixth such "Liberalitas," but only Geta's fifth. In
fact, the two brothers hated each other and within a few short
weeks, Caracalla would have Geta murdered in the arms of their
mother, Julia Domna.


NOTE: There is an apparent attempted piercing of this coin (or a
possible mount removal) visible as a round indentation at 12
o'clock on the reverse, between the two Gs. It does not penetrate
through to the obverse, nor are there any signs of filling on the
obverse, so it has apparently not been holed and plugged.