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The Circus Maximus

330, Lot: 371. Estimate $500.
Sold for $1505. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 32.00 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck AD 213. M AVREL ANTONI[NVS PIVS AVG BRIT], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P XVI IMP II above, COS IIII P P/S C in two lines in exergue, view of the Circus Maximus: the front consists of an arcade of arches and a large arched entryway on right; behind, arch surmounted by quadriga, tall spina, three quadrigae driving left, and spectators in gallery; further in background, temple and long colonnade. RIC IV 500a; Banti 46; BMCRE 251; Cohen 236. Fine, dark green patina under a thick layer of earthen deposits, light smoothing. Rare.