Caracalla augustus, 198 – 217
Aureus circa 199, AV 7.21 g. IMP CAES M AVR – ANTONINVS AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. PONTI – FE – X – TR P II Caracalla, in military attire, standing l., holding Victory on globe in r. hand and sceptre in l.; at his feet, captive seated l. C 405. BMC 152 and pl. 30, 15 (these dies). RIC 27b. Calicó 2773.
A delicate portrait of great beauty struck in high relief. Very minor tooling on the first leaf of the laureate crown, otherwise virtually as struck and almost Fdc
Ex Triton II, 1998, 954 and NAC 24, 2002, European Nobleman, 141 sales.