Caracalla. AD 198-217. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.18 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 199-201. ANTONINVS AVGVSTVS, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / IVVEN TA IMPERII, Caracalla, in military dress, with cloak falling over left arm, standing left, holding Victory on globe right in extended right hand and reversed spear in left; to left, captive, wearing peaked cap and long robe, seated left on the ground,propping head on right hand, right arm bent and resting on right knee. RIC IV –; Calicó 2685 (this coin illustrated); BMCRE –; Biaggi 1178 (this coin). Small scrape on reverse. Near EF. Wonderful high-relief portrait. Very rare.
From the Georges Albert Haikel Collection. Ex McLendon Collection (Christie’s, 12 June 1993), lot 161; Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection; Henry Platt Hall Collection (Part II, Glendining’s, 16 November 1950), lot 1709; Sir Arthur J. Evans Collection (Naville III, 16 June 1922), lot 95, acquired in Egypt, 1905.
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