Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1046. Closing Date: Jan 
10, 2005. DIVUS CARACALLA. Died 217 AD Æ 
Sestertius (27.24 gm, 12h). Struck by Elagabalus 
or Severus Alexander, 218 AD or 222 AD. Estimate 
$3000 Sold For $1800 

DIVUS CARACALLA. Died 217 AD Æ Sestertius (27.24 
gm, 12h). Struck by Elagabalus or Severus 
Alexander, 218 AD or 222 AD. DIVO ANTONINO MAGNO, 
bare head right / CONSE-CRATIO, S C in exergue, 
five-tiered funeral pyre: lowest tier draped, 
middle three tiers arched with statues; uppermost 
tier draped and surmounted by triumphal quadriga. 
RIC IV 719 (Severus Alexander); Banti 11; BMCRE 
pg. 589, || (Elagabalus); Cohen 34. Choice VF, 
mottled olive and brown patina with traces of red, 
minor smoothing in fields. Rare. ($1000)

From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex Gorny & 
Mosch 112 (17 October 2001), lot 4359.


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