Watch List notes:

Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 30.62 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 201. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Caracalla standing left, holding spear and placing hand on top of trophy; two captives seated on either side of trophy. RIC IV 409; Banti 138 (this coin illustrated). VF, brown patina, minor marks. Very rare.


Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Dr. Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 50, 23 June 1999), lot 258; A. Cantoni Collection (Santamaria, 29 November 1920), lot 934.