Very Rare Caracalla Sestertius

202, Lot: 368. Estimate $200. Sold for $801. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 21.06 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck AD 213. Laureate head right / Caracalla, holding eagle-tipped scepter, driving slow quadriga right, being crowned by Victory standing behind him in car. RIC IV 499a; Banti 42. VF, red-brown patina, reverse slightly double struck. Very rare, only two specimens cited by Banti.