Caracalla. 40-as

Caracalla; 198-217 AD, Rome, early 211 AD, As, 16.72g. Obv: ANTONINVS - [PI]VS AVG BRIT Head laureate r. Rx: AEQVITATI PVBLIC[AE] around S - C across lower field, Aequitas standing l., holding scales and cornucopia, and with pile of coins at her feet. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex Rauch 58/III, Oct. 1996, lot 432. An overweight example, with the edge slightly flattened in several places. Very rare, only three specimens known to Curtis Clay: the two in this sale, and one in Bologna, all coming from the same obverse die and two reverse dies. This reverse type is not in the standard references for Caracalla, but was to be expected, since the same type was already known on rare asses of Septimius Severus and Geta.. VG