412, Lot: 595. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.33 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 207. Laureate head right / PONTIF TR P X COS II, Caracalla standing facing, head right, holding reversed spear and parazonium; at feet to left, river god reclining on urn right; to right, two bound captives seated left. RIC IV 96; RSC 441. Near EF, attractively toned with some iridescence.
From the Matthew Rich Collection. Reportedly ex Galata Coins FPL (September 1977), no. 122.