Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1164. Closing Date: Jan 
10, 2005. CARACALLA. 198-217 AD Æ Sestertius 
(21.51 gm, 12h). Struck 215 AD. Estimate $2000 
Sold For $2000 

CARACALLA. 198-217 AD Æ Sestertius (21.51 gm, 
12h). Struck 215 AD. M AVREL ANTONINVS PIVS AVG 
GERM, laureate, draped, and cuirassed young bust 
right, seen from behind / P M TR P XVIII IMP III 
COS IIII P P, S C in exergue, Caracalla, laureate 
and in military outfit, standing left, right foot 
on crocodile, extending right hand to Isis 
advancing right and holding sistrum and grain ears 
in extended hands, and holding reverted spear in 
left hand. RIC IV 544; Banti 70; BMCRE 286; Cohen 
334. Near EF, dark green patina, minor roughness 
in fields. A very rare, historical type. ($2000)

From the Tony Hardy Collection.


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