Details
LOT 3110
Caracalla AR Antoninianus. AD 198-217.
Rome mint; struck AD 215. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P, Jupiter seated to left, holding Victory with right hand and sceptre with left; eagle at feet to left. RIC IV 260b var. (bust type); RSC 277b. Near Extremely Fine.(5.19gr, 23mm, 12h.). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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