Triton XVIII, Lot: 1162. Estimate $20000. Sold for $65000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Caracalla. AD 198-217. AV Aureus (21mm, 7.20 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 214. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bearded adult bust right / P M TR P XVII COS IIII P P, Salus standing right, holding serpent in right hand and feeding it from bowl held in her left; to right, Asclepius standing facing, head left, globe at feet, leaning on serpent-entwined staff; between small hooded Telesphorus standing facing. Unpublished, but cf. Calico 2714 for an aureus of the same year depicting Asclepius and Telesphorus. EF, lustrous.