Caracalla Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 215. M AVREL ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P XVIII IMP III COS IIII P P, Aesculapius standing to front, head to left, holding serpent-entwined staff, Telesphorus at his feet on the left, globe on the right; S-C across fields. RIC IV 538b; BMCRE 278. 24.17g, 31mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare; draped and cuirassed busts on this type are often mis-attributed to 538b rather than 538a.
From the Antonio Carmona Collection.