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366, Lot: 45. Estimate $300.
Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANCIENT COINS USED IN INDIA & INDIAN IMITATIONS. Septimius Severus, with Caracalla. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.23 g, 6h). Cast Indian imitation of a Parthian Victory issue. Cast after AD 200/1. Conjoined laureate, draped, and cuirassed busts of Septimius Severus and Caracalla right / Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond. Cf. RIC IV 311; cf. Calicó 2597 (both refs for type); Turner –. Fine, traces of red deposits, two holes for suspension.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.