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Auction XI  7 April 2016
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Lot 830

Estimate: 750 GBP
Price realized: 750 GBP
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Caracalla AR Denarius. Rome, AD 206-210. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / LAETITIA TEMPORVM, the spina of the Circus Maximus decorated as a ship facing left, with the turning posts at its prow and stern, a sail mounted on the central obelisk, and the spina's other monuments visible in between; around the ship, four quadrigas racing left; below, seven animals: an ostrich at left and bear at right; between them a lion and a lioness chasing a wild ass and a panther attacking a bison. RIC 157; BMC 508; Hill 793; RSC 118. 2.65g, 20mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine. Very Rare.
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