Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1045. Closing Date: Jan 
10, 2005. CARACALLA. 198-217 AD Æ Sestertius 
(23.59 gm, 12h). Struck 212-213 AD. Estimate 
$1000 Sold For $1500 

CARACALLA. 198-217 AD Æ Sestertius (23.59 gm, 
12h). Struck 212-213 AD. M AVREL ANTONINVS PIVS 
AVG BRIT, laureate head right / SECVRITATI 
PERPETVAE, S C in exergue, Securitas seated right 
on draped throne, leaning head on right hand with 
elbow resting on chair back, and holding sceptre 
in left hand; garlanded altar before. RIC IV 512d; 
Banti 115; BMCRE 250; Cohen 576. Good VF, brown 
and red patina with traces of green and black, 
hairline flan crack. Extremely rare. ($1000)

From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex Classical 
Numismatic Group 47 (16 September 1998), lot 1823; 
Hall Park McCullough Collection (Stack's, 20-22 
November 1967), lot 1399; Prince Waldeck 
Collection (Münzhandlung Basel 8, 22-23 March 
1937), lot 894.


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