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LOT 3172
Caracalla AR Denarius. AD 198-217.
Rome mint; struck AD 213. ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate head to right / MONETA AVG, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC IV 236; BMCRE 62; RSC 166. Near Extremely Fine.(2.81gr, 19mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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