Choice Young Bust of Caracalla

CNG 102, Lot: 1039. Estimate $20000. Sold for $20000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Caracalla. AD 198-217. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.27 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 198. IMP CAES M AVR ANT AVG P TR P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SPES P VBLICA, Spes advancing left, holding flower in raised left hand and raising hem of skirt with right hand. RIC IV 26b; Calicó 2820 (same obv. die as illustration); cf. BMCRE 114 (Denarius) note; Biaggi 1222 (same obv. die); Triton XII (2009), lot 681 (same dies). EF, some luster, hairline scratches.