EGYPT, Alexandria. Caracalla. AD 198-217. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.31 g, 12h). Dated RY 9 of Septimius Severus (AD 200/1). VF.

Triton XXVII
Lot: 546. Estimated: $ 2 000

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Caracalla. AD 198-217. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.31 g, 12h). Dated RY 9 of Septimius Severus (AD 200/1). AYT K M AYPHΛ ANTωNINOC CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Caracalla on left, laureate and holding standard, and Geta on right, holding parazonium, standing facing each other, clasping hands, altar between; L Θ in fields. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 4045 (this coin); K&G 51.3; Emmett 2762 (R5). Toned, slight reverse porosity, reverse flan flaw, double struck reverse. VF. Extremely rare, the second known (the other in the ANS).

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, 19 May 2018. Ex Philip DeVicci Collection (Triton IV, 5 December 2000), lot 373; Empire Coins 7 (2 May 1987), lot 190; Sternberg XIV (24 May 1984), lot 384; A. Hess 251 (7 May 1981), lot 174; Giovanni Dattari Collection, no. 4045.


The final winners of all Triton XXVII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 9-10 January 2024.

Triton XXVII – Session Two – Lot 338–647 will be held Tuesday afternoon, 9 January 2024 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.

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