Ancient Gold
Lot 3153 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Ancient Gold
Estimate $7,500
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CARACALLA, (A.D. 198-217), gold aureus, issued 216, Rome mint, (6.468 grams), obv. laureate bust to right of Caracalla, draped and cuirassed seen from behind, around ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, rev. Lion radiate walking to left, thunderbolt in jaws, around P M TR P XVIIII COS IIII P P, (S.6721, RIC 283a, C.366). Minor scratch on obverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine and very rare.
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