55, Lot: 136. Estimate $250. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CARACALLA. 198-217 AD. Æ As (9.06 gm). Struck 208 AD. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS, laureate and draped bust right / PONTIF TR P XI, COS III in exergue, S C across lower field, galley left, waves below, with seven oars and rudder, five oarsmen, a sailor standing on prow, two more at stern, another seated left under arch, and a lookout standing above arch. RIC IV 437c; BMCRE 859; Cohen 457. Fine, brown patina. Rare. ($250)