Leu Numismatik AG
Auction 7 24-25 Oct 2020
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Caracalla, 198-217. Aureus (Gold, 21 mm, 7.21 g, 1 h), Rome, 206-early 208. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG Laureate head of Caracalla to right. Rev. RESTITVTOR VRBIS Roma seated left, holding palladium in her right hand and spear in her left; shield at her side. Biaggi 1215 (this coin). BMC 515 note. Calicó 2806 (this coin). Cohen - RIC 167. Extremely rare, one of a very few known examples. An exceptionally attractive and beautifully struck piece of fine style. Good extremely fine.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 6, 11 March 1993, 470, from the Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection, Sotheby's, 19-20 June 1991, 835, ex Hess-Leu 24, 16 April 1964, 323 and from the Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection.
For the dating of this issue, see the note on lot 1629 above. This is the extremely rare sister issue for Septimius' eldest son and junior Augustus Caracalla, struck in commemoration of the construction and renovation works undertaken in Rome in 206-early 208.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 6, 11 March 1993, 470, from the Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection, Sotheby's, 19-20 June 1991, 835, ex Hess-Leu 24, 16 April 1964, 323 and from the Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection.
For the dating of this issue, see the note on lot 1629 above. This is the extremely rare sister issue for Septimius' eldest son and junior Augustus Caracalla, struck in commemoration of the construction and renovation works undertaken in Rome in 206-early 208.