Lot 3489

Description

Caracalla, (A.D. 198-217), silver denarius, issued 209, Rome mint, (2.80 g), obv. laureate head to right of Caracalla, around ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, rev. Liberalitas standing half-left, holding abacus and cornucopiae, around LIBERALITAS AVG VI, (S.6815, RIC 158, RSC 128); another (2.76 g), Rome mint, issued A.D.214, obv. laureate head of Caracalla to right, around ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, rev. around PM TR P XVII COS IIII P P, Apollo seated to left, holding branch and leaning on lyre, (S.6832, RIC 238a, RSC 242). Very fine or better. (2)

Ex Hans Ferdinand Collection, previously from Tony de Sousa in 1973.