Watch List notes:

Caracalla, 198-217. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 32mm, 27.99 g 12), Rome, 211. M AVREL ANTONINVS PIVS AVG Laureate head of Caracalla to right, with slight drapery on left shoulder. Rev. VICT BRIT TR P XIIII COS III / S C Victory standing right, left foot set on helmet, erecting trophy; to right, woman standing facing; to her left, bound British captive seated left. Cohen 640. RIC 483d. An attractive example with a glossy dark green patina. Minor roughness, otherwise, good very fine.


From the GH Collection, ex Lanz 30, 26 November 1984, 651.

A rare type commemorating Caracalla's victories in Britain.