416, Lot: 449. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 28.41 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck AD 213. Laureate head right / Caracalla, holding eagle-tipped scepter, driving slow quadriga right, being crowned by Victory standing behind him in chariot. RIC IV 499a; Banti 42. Fine, brown and tan surfaces. Very rare.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 391 (15 February 2017), lot 466; Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 51, 15 September 1999), lot 1361.