Caracalla. 40-as
Sold by Harlan J. Berk, Ltd.
$450.00
Description
Caracalla; 198-217 AD, Rome, 209 AD, As, 11.18g. BM-175, pl. 56.14 (same rev. die). Obv: ANTONINVS - PIVS AVG Head laureate r. Rx: PONTIF TR P XII COS III around, S - C across lower field, Victory standing r., placing l. foot on helmet, holding and about to inscribe shield set on palm tree. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex CNG E298, 13 March 2013, lot 292; ex Stack's-Bowers Sale, Robert O. Ebert Coll. The tribunician number on this reverse die was later altered in the die from TR P XII (208 AD) to TR P XIII (209 AD): see the dupondius Glasgow-94, pl. 20.. gVF
Provenance: Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex CNG E298, 13 March 2013, lot 292; ex Stack's-Bowers Sale, Robert O. Ebert Coll. The tribunician number on this reverse die was later altered in the die from TR P XII (208 AD) to TR P XIII (209 AD): see the dupondius Glasgow-94, pl. 20