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Auction 92 Part 1  23-24 May 2016
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Lot 615

Estimate: 17 500 CHF
Price realized: 19 000 CHF
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THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Caracalla, augustus 198 – 217

Aureus 214, AV 7.32 g. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM Laureate and cuirassed bust r., with drapery on l. shoulder. Rev. PM TR P XVII IMP III COS IIII P P Victory seated r. on cuirass, preparing to inscribe shield resting on l. knee; behind her, shield. C 267 var. (also draped). BMC 100 var. (also draped). RIC 248 var. (also draped). Calicó 2718 (this coin).
Very rare. A bold portrait and a very interesting reverse composition, absolutely
unobtrusive marks on field, otherwise good extremely fine


Ex Rollin & Feuardent, 20-28 April 1896, Montagu, 516; Hirsch, München XXIIII, 1909, Consul Weber, 1881 and M&M 93, 2003, Bally-Herzog, 219 sales.


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