271, Lot: 86. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ As (26mm, 9.75 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 216. M AVP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P XVIIII COS IIII P P, S C in exergue, radiate lion advancing left, holding thunderbolt in jaws. RIC IV 564c; BMCRE 305 note; Cohen 371. Near EF, attractive green patina. Very rare obverse legend variety - the BMCRE note expresses doubt whether this variant even existed.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Triton II (1 December 1998), lot 960.