Lot 3598
Sale 99 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes
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Description
Caracalla, (A.D. 198-217), gold aureus, issued 216, Rome mint, (6.46 gm), 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, large broad flan, otherwise nearly extremely fine and very rare.
Ex Triton VI, January 13, 2003, (lot 1025) and the Marc Melcher Collection.
- Estimate
- $16,000
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $30,000