411, Lot: 407. Estimate $750. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Caracalla. AD 198-217. AV Aureus (20.5mm, 6.88 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck AD 205. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PONTIF TR P VIII COS II, Mars, naked but for cloak on left shoulder, standing left, foot on helmet, holding branch and reversed spear. RIC 80a; Calicó 2777a; Biaggi 1205. Near VF, toned, wavy flan, a number of scrapes and scratches. Reportedly found in Southern India.

From the Norman Frank Collection.