288, Lot: 459. Estimate $200. Sold for $277. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 26.90 g, 2h). Rome mint. Struck AD 215. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Aesculapius standing left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff; to left, Telesphorus standing facing; globe on ground to right. RIC IV 538a; Banti 67. VF, brown patina, corrosion spot removed from cheek leaving a shallow pit.