Triton XVIII, Lot: 1166. Estimate $10000. Sold for $27500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Caracalla. AD 198-217. AV Aureus (21mm, 6.87 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 216. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bearded adult bust right / P M TR P XVIIII COS IIII P P, Serapis standing facing, head left, raising right hand and holding scepter in left. RIC IV 280b; Calicó 2745 = Biaggi 1197 (same dies); BMCRE 164 (same dies). EF, lightly toned, minor deposits in obverse legend and hair of portrait, light die break on reverse.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex G. Hirsch 193 (19 February 1997), lot 87; G. Hirsch XIV (19 September 1957), lot 707.