| Auctiones GmbH > eAuction 82 | Auction date: 17 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 49 Price realized: 190 CHF (Approx. 219 USD / 201 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Caracalla AR Antoninianus, Serapis reverse Caracalla (198-217 AD). AR Antoninianus (22-23 mm, 5.40 g), Rome, 217. Obv. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind. Rev. P M TR P XX COS IIII P P, Serapis seated left on throne, wearing polos on his head, holding grain ears (?) in his right hand and long scepter in his left. RIC IV 291c. Very rare and very fine. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
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| Auctiones GmbH > eAuction 82 | Auction date: 17 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 50 Price realized: 65 CHF (Approx. 75 USD / 69 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Caracalla AR Antoninianus, Victoria reverse Caracalla (198-217 AD). AR Antoninianus (22-24 mm, 4.85 g), Rome, 217. Obv. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind. Rev. P M TR P XX COS IIII P P / VIC PART, Victory seated right on cuirass, inscribing shield with VO / XX; before her, trophy and two captives. RIC 297c. Very rare and very fine. Starting price: 60 CHF |  |
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| Auctiones GmbH > eAuction 82 | Auction date: 17 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 47 Price realized: 120 CHF (Approx. 138 USD / 127 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Caracalla AR Antoninianus, Pluto/Cerberus reverse Caracalla (198-217 AD). AR Antoninianus (24 mm, 5.65 g), Rome, 215. Obv. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind. Rev. P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P , Pluto seated to left on throne, wearing polos, holding scepter in his left hand and placing his right above the head of Cerberus, seated front and turning his three heads to right. BMC 123; RIC 261d. Rare. With old collector's ticket. An attractive example struck on a broad flan and with a fine portrait. About extremely fine. Starting price: 80 CHF |  |
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| Auctiones GmbH > eAuction 82 | Auction date: 17 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 48 Price realized: 50 CHF (Approx. 58 USD / 53 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Caracalla AR Antoninianus, Sol reverse Caracalla (198-217 AD). AR Antoninianus (21-23 mm, 5.16 g), Rome, 215 AD. Obv. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front. Rev. P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P, Sol standing front, head left, raising right hand and holding globe. RIC IV 264c. Very fine. Starting price: 40 CHF |  |
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| Tauler & Fau > Auction 141 | Auction date: 22 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 827 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Caracalla. Antoninianus. 215 AD. Rome. (Ric-IV 264c). (Seaby-287). Anv.: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right. Rev.: P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P. Sol standing facing, naked but for cloak over left shoulder, head to left, rising right hand and holding globe. Ag. 4,85 g. VF. Est...90,00. Spanish description: Caracalla. Antoniniano. 215 d.C. Roma. (Ric-IV 264c). (Seaby-287). Anv.: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM. Busto radiado, drapeado y con coraza hacia la derecha. Rev.: P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P. Sol de pie, de frente, desnudo salvo por el manto sobre el hombro izquierdo, con la cabeza hacia la izquierda, levantando la mano derecha y sosteniendo un globo terráqueo. Ag. 4,85 g. MBC. Est...90,00. |  |
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| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 117 | Auction date: 22 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 923 Price realized: 80 GBP (Approx. 101 USD / 93 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Caracalla Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 215. M AVREL ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [P M TR P X]VIII IMP III COS IIII P P, emperor standing to left, foot on crocodile and holding spear, opposite Isis, advancing to right, holding two corn ears and sistrum; SC in exergue. RIC IV 544; BMCRE 288. 18.61g, 30mm, 12h. Near Very Fine; lightly smoothed. Scarce. Ex cgb.fr e-shop; Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 85, 17 June 2021, lot 2063. This type records the infamous visit of Caracalla to Alexandria, the capital of the province of Egypt. Since the conclusion of his campaign against the Alamanni in 213-4, it had become apparent that the emperor was unhealthily obsessed with the great Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great. At this point he appears to have begun openly emulating Alexander in his personal style. Indeed, Cassius Dio (78.7-78.23) relates that "he was so enthusiastic about Alexander that he used certain weapons and cups which he believed had once been his, and he also set up many likenesses of him both in the camps and in Rome itself. He organised a phalanx, composed entirely of Macedonians, sixteen thousand strong, named it 'Alexander's phalanx', and equipped it with the arms that warriors had used in his day." Caracalla's visit in 215 to Alexandria while on his way east should then have been a happy occasion. However the emperor, "hearing that he was ill-spoken of and ridiculed by them for various reasons, not the least of which was the murder of his brother... concealing his wrath and pretending that he longed to see them... first greeted [the leading citizens] cordially... and then put them to death. Then, having arrayed his whole army, he marched into the city, after first notifying all the inhabitants to remain at home and after occupying all the streets and all the roofs as well. And, to pass over the details of the calamities that then befell the wretched city, he slaughtered so many persons that he did not even venture to say anything about their number, but wrote to the senate that it was of no interest how many of them or who had died, since all had deserved to suffer this fate." Estimate: 50 GBP |  |
