Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXV 22-23 Sep 2022
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Caracalla AR Denarius. Rome, AD 206-209. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / SOSPITATORI, Jupiter Sospitatori standing facing, polos on head, holding sceptre, in tetrastyle shrine; IOVI in exergue. RIC IV 156; BMCRE 507; RSC 108. 3.43g, 19mm, 2h.
Extremely Fine; edge planchet flaw, attractive hints of iridescence around devices. Rare.
Ex Viggo Collection;
Ex Artemide Aste, Auction LIII, 2 May 2020, lot 357.
This rare reverse type was struck by both Caracalla and his father and predecessor, Septimius Severus, and marks the only appearances of Jupiter Sospitator, or Rescuer, on Roman coinage.
Extremely Fine; edge planchet flaw, attractive hints of iridescence around devices. Rare.
Ex Viggo Collection;
Ex Artemide Aste, Auction LIII, 2 May 2020, lot 357.
This rare reverse type was struck by both Caracalla and his father and predecessor, Septimius Severus, and marks the only appearances of Jupiter Sospitator, or Rescuer, on Roman coinage.