Triton XVIII, Lot: 1164. Estimate $500. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Antoninianus (23mm, 5.10 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 215. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, radiate, draped, and cuirassed adult bust right / P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P, radiate lion advancing left, holding thunderbolt in jaws. RIC IV –; RSC –; BMCRE –; CNG E-214, lot 419; DDTP p. 23 = AdG p. 34 (this coin). Superb EF, toned. Rare bust type for this year’s reverse.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Freeman & Sear FPL 5 (Spring 1998), no. E140.