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LOT 3394

Caracalla Fourrée Denarius. AD 197-217. Laodicea mint. Barbarous issue.

ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P, Aesculapius standing facing, holding serpent-wreathed wand; to his feet to right, globe. RIC IV 327; BMCRE p.384, 157 / pl. 64, 10. Near Very Fine. Very rare.(2.47gr, 17mm, 6h.).

Provenance

Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.

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Very Rare 'Barbarous' Issue

LOT 3394

Caracalla Fourrée Denarius.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £59

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