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Auction 32 8 January 2014
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ANCIENT COINS. Roman Coins. Mint of Rome unless otherwise stated. Caracalla (A.D. 198-217), Gold Aureus, 7.17g, 7h.Struck A.D. 215.ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, bust of Caracalla facing right, laureate, draped and cuirassed. Rev. P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P, Caracalla, wearing military attire, standing left, sacrificing over a lighted altar before the temple of Vesta; he is accompanied by Pontifex, wearing an apex, and a child, to his right, and by two Vestales and a child on his left (RIC 272b var; Calicó 2735 (this coin); Biaggi 1191 (this coin); Mazzini 250 (this coin); BMC p. 458 note † var; C 350 var).A beautiful coin, with a superb portrait and a fascinating and finely detailed reverse, one or two minor marks at edge, attractively toned, extremely fine.Apparently a unique variety of an extremely rare type, an important coin.
Purchased privately in 1958
Ex Biaggi Collection
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 49, Zürich, 21 October 2008, lot 328
This remarkable, and apparently unique, type depicts the temple of Vesta in Rome, which still survives today following its restoration during the Severan period by Julia Domna.The reverse scene is perhaps a depiction of offerings made by Caracalla prior to his campaigns in the East; indeed, he is shown wearing military attire while conducting the sacrifice.
Part of the Aurora Collection.
Estimate: US$ 40,000
Purchased privately in 1958
Ex Biaggi Collection
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 49, Zürich, 21 October 2008, lot 328
This remarkable, and apparently unique, type depicts the temple of Vesta in Rome, which still survives today following its restoration during the Severan period by Julia Domna.The reverse scene is perhaps a depiction of offerings made by Caracalla prior to his campaigns in the East; indeed, he is shown wearing military attire while conducting the sacrifice.
Part of the Aurora Collection.
Estimate: US$ 40,000