Caracalla. 40-as

Caracalla. 40-as

Sold by Harlan J. Berk, Ltd.

Description

Caracalla; 198-217 AD, Rome, 208 AD, As, 11.31g. BM-861 corr., pl. 52.7. Obv: [ANT]ONINVS - PIVS AVG Head laureate r. Rx: PROF AVGG in exergue, PONTIF TR P - XI COS III around, S C in field below horse, Caracalla on horse charging l., about to hurl spear at enemy falling to ground below the horse's raised forelegs. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; acquired from Rudnik, July 2001. The following coin in this sale was struck from the same reverse die as this coin, but with its tribunician number now altered in the die from TR P XI (208 AD) to TR P XII (209 AD).. F

Provenance: Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; acquired from Rudnik, July 2001