Rare Asclepius Reverse of Fine Style

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 678. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ 27mm (14.70 g, 1h). Pautalia mint. AVT K M AVP (VP ligate) ANTWNEINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / OVLPIAC PAV/TALIAC in two lines in exergue, Asclepius reclining left, head right, on winged and bearded serpent coiled right, raising right hand and cradling serpent-entwined staff in left arm. Ruzicka 612; SNG Copenhagen -; Varbanov 3278. EF, hard green patina with traces of brown. Rare reverse type.