| Heritage World Coin Auctions > CSNS Signature Sale 3115 | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
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| Lot description: Ancients Caracalla, as Augustus (AD 198-217). AV aureus (20mm, 7.15 gm, 5h). NGC Choice AU★ 5/5 - 5/5. Rome, AD 205. ANTONINVS-PIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right, seen from behind / PONTIF TRP-VIII COS II, Mars standing facing with right foot on helmet, head right, nude except for chlamys draped over left shoulder, branch in lowered right hand, grounded reversed spear in left. Calicó 2777a. RIC IV.I 80a. Perfectly centered strike, replete with crisp depictions, upon glistening, lightly toned surfaces. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 121 (6 October 2022), lot 894; Numismatica Genevensis SA, Auction 13 (15 November 2021), lot 54; Roma Numismatics, Auction XVI (26 September 2018), lot 766; Roma Numismatics, Auction XIII (23 March 2017), lot 859; Hermann-Joseph Lückger Collection (Dr. Busso Peus Nachf., Auction 417, 2 November 2016), lot 409; Getrudenstrasse Hoard, discovered in Cologne in 1909. Born in Lugdunum in AD 188, while his father was serving as governor of Gaul, Lucius Septimius Bassianus started out life as a cheerful, affable youth whose character deteriorated as he gained more prestige and power. His father, Septimius Severus, seized the throne and defended it against all rival claimants during the civil wars of AD 193-197. Bassianus was named Caesar in AD 195 and was further elevated to co-Augustus with his father three years later, when he was only 10. His name was changed to Marcus Aurelius Antoninus in honor of the revered Antonine dynasty, but the boy preferred barbarian manners and fashions, and he soon earned a nickname after a type of hooded Germanic cloak he liked to wear - Caracalla (or, in modern terms, "hoodie"). https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-caracalla-as-augustus-ad-198-217-av-aureus-20mm-715-gm-5h-ngc-choice-auand-9733-5-5-5/a/3115-31093.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3115-05082024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Estimate: 10000-12000 USD |  |
