Triton XVIII, Lot: 1161. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Sestertius (31.5mm, 26.19 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 213-214. M AVR ANTONINVS PIVS FELIX AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PROVIDENTIAE DEORVM, S C across field, Providentia, draped, standing left, holding vertical scepter in left hand and wand in right hand over globe set on ground to left, fold of drapery over left arm. RIC IV 535; Banti 105; BMCRE p. 479 ‡. EF, glossy, dark green patina, a pair of short edge splits, areas of minor roughness.