Caracalla augustus, 198 – 217 Aureus 216, AV 7.30 g. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. P M TR P XVIIII COS IIII P P Serapis standing facing, head l., raising r. arm and holding sceptre in l. hand. C 347. BMC p. 461 note 164 (these dies). RIC 280b. Calicó 2745 (these dies).
A strong portrait of excellent style struck on a very large flan. Two absolutely
insignificant edge marks, otherwise virtually as struck and almost Fdc
Ex Bourgey 18-19 November 1957, Castro Maya, 332 and Stack's 4 December 2001, 31 sales. From the collection of Thos. H. Law.
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