IMPERIAL ROMAN COINS
Antoninus III. Caracalla, 198-217. Æ-Sesterz, 211/213, Rome
31 mm 30.12 g.
Head r. with laurel wreath, l. draped // Providentia stands l. with scepter and holding staff over globe. BMC 242 note; Coh. -; RIC 511 b. Smoothed, hammered edge, surface damage on the obverse, very fine.
From a private collection in the Lower Rhine region. Acquired in June 1999.
The edge of the piece was probably hammered into account in late antiquity. The piece should then have served as a New Year’s present.
301c,999pc, Kunker Auction 67 Lot 311