Triton XVIII, Lot: 1165. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ As (26mm, 11.33 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 215. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P, S C across field, Asclepius standing facing, leaning to left on serpent-entwined staff set on ground; globe to right; to left; small hooded figure of Telesphorus standing facing. RIC IV 554b; BMCRE 292; Kampmann 16 (this coin). EF, beautiful green patina. Well struck. An exceptional coin.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 15 (18 May 1999), lot 401.