Triton XIX, Lot: 597. Estimate $50000. Sold for $45000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Caracalla. AD 198-217. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.48 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 199. IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PONTI FEX TR P II, Caracalla, laureate, in military dress, cloak hanging over left shoulder, standing left, holding Victory on globe in extended right hand and reversed, vertical spear in left; to left, captive, wearing peaked cap and long robe, seated left on ground, propping head on right hand; to far left, quiver of arrows. RIC IV 27b; Calicó 2773 (same obv. die); BMCRE 152 (Septimius and Caracalla–same obv. die); Biaggi (same obv. die). Superb EF, lustrous. Portrait of artistic merit.