Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 1031. Estimate $200. Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003. Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CARACALLA. 198-217 AD. AR Antoninianus (5.54 gm). Struck 217 AD. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / VICT PARTHICA, Victory seated right on cuirass, inscribing VO/XX in two lines on shield; shield behind and helmet below. RIC IV 314b var. (weapons in exergue); cf. BMCRE 89 note; RSC 656 var. (same). Good VF. Rare. ($200)
From the Marc Melcher Collection.