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Item Sold At Auction #19
Lot Number: 61184
Estimate: $300.00
Final Sale Price: $229.90
Denomination: Sestertius
Grade: Good Fine mottled green patina
Reference: RIC IV 544; BMCRE 287; Hill 1478; Cohen 334


  Caracalla. 198-217 AD. Æ Sestertius (26.70 gm). Struck 215 AD. Laureate, draped and
  cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Caracalla standing left, holding reversed
  spear, right foot on crocodile, receiving grain ears from Isis advancing right. RIC
  IV 544; BMCRE 287; Hill 1478; Cohen 334. Near VF, mottled green patina, light obverse
  and reverse scratches. Scarce. Estimate $300.

  The worship of Egyptian and Eastern deities in the empire was encouraged under
  Commodus and Septimius Severus, but it was Caracalla who formally introduced their
  worship to Rome in 206. On this coin, Caracalla is shown in the guise of Horus,
  receiving ears of wheat from his mother, Isis.


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