Classical Numismatic Group, LLC
Auction 121 6-8 Oct 2022
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Caracalla. AD 198-217. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.13 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck AD 205. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PONTIF TR P VIII COS II, Mars, helmeted, naked except for cloak on left shoulder, standing left, right foot on helmet, holding branch in right hand and reversed, vertical spear in left. RIC 80a; Calicó 2777a (same obv. die as illustration); BMCRE 476-7; Biaggi 1205; Jameson 183; Mazzini 419 (same obv. die). Toned, underlying luster. EF.
Ex Roma XVI (26 September 2018), lot 766; Peus 417 (2 November 2016), lot 409; 1909 Gertrudenstraße Hoard.
The Gertrudenstraße Hoard of approximately 22,500 gold and silver coins, ranging from Claudius to Maximinus I, was found in 1909 during excavation work for the construction of a house on Gertrudenstraße, approximately midway between Wolfstraße and Neumarkt in Cologne, Germany. Many of the coins from this hoard exhibit a distinctive coloration similar to that of the Boscoreale Hoard, derived from the decomposition of the original container.
Ex Roma XVI (26 September 2018), lot 766; Peus 417 (2 November 2016), lot 409; 1909 Gertrudenstraße Hoard.
The Gertrudenstraße Hoard of approximately 22,500 gold and silver coins, ranging from Claudius to Maximinus I, was found in 1909 during excavation work for the construction of a house on Gertrudenstraße, approximately midway between Wolfstraße and Neumarkt in Cologne, Germany. Many of the coins from this hoard exhibit a distinctive coloration similar to that of the Boscoreale Hoard, derived from the decomposition of the original container.