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Auction: 17006 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 65

Caracalla (AD 198-217), AV Aureus, 7.03g, Rome, 205, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, antoninvs pivs avg, rev. pontiff tr p viii cos ii, Mars, naked but for cloak over shoulder, standing left, right foot on helmet, holding olive-branch and spear (RIC 80a; BMC 468; cf. C.419), lustrous, extremely fine

provenance
Bt. Spink, 12 December 1966, £440 - "almost perfect, a magnificent specimen"


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Sold for
£7,500