A Caracalla/Septimius Severus Hybrid

422, Lot: 549. Estimate $100. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.32 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 201. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped beardless young bust right / PART MAX P M TR P VIIII, trophy with bound captive seated to either side. RIC IV 321; RSC – . For reverse type under Septimius Severus, see: RIC IV 176; RSC 370. Near EF, lightly toned. A hybrid of a Caracalla obverse and a Septimius Severus reverse.