Triton XX, Lot: 798. Estimate $15000. Sold for $20000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Caracalla. AD 198-217. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.09 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 right hand, gathering up drapery with left. RIC IV 26b; Calicó 2820; BMCRE –; Biaggi 1222 var. (arrangement of rev. legend). EF, small flan split. Attractive youthful bust.

From the Continental Collection. Ex Bourgey (1 February 1996), lot 36.