237, Lot: 428. Estimate $300. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Caracalla. AD 198-217. AV Aureus (21mm, 7.75 g, 6h). Indian imitation. Copying Rome mint. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Emperor standing left, sacrificing over altar; behind, citizen standing left; before, two Vestal Virgins and a child standing right; in background, round temple of Vesta. RIC IV - (prototype missing); cf. Calicó 2735. Fair, two holes for attachment, plugged for weight adjustment, encrustation.