Caracalla Æ Dupondius. Rome, AD 210. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, radiate head to right / PONTIF TR P XIII COS III, Virtus standing to left, foot on helmet, holding parazonium and spear, trophy before with male captive seated to right at base, wearing peaked cap and cloak; SC in exergue. RIC IV 456; C. 480; BMCRE 209. 11.46g, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine; flan crack at 3h. Very Rare; only two examples cited by OCRE and a further three offered at auction in the past 20 years.
From the collection of a Romanophile;
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XIX, 26 March 2020, lot 870;
Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 261, 4 March 2019, lot 782.