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Sestertius with bust of Caracalla
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 213
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 33 mm. Weight: 28.48 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number64.2143
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Caracalla, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.
MAVRELANTONINVSPIVSAVGBRIT
Reverse: Circus Maximus, with front arcade of eleven arches and large arch at right. Temple at left and colonnade of three tiers of arches in background. In center, obelisk and quadrigas.
PMTRPXVIIMPII COSIIIIPP / SC (in exergue)
MAVRELANTONINVSPIVSAVGBRIT
Reverse: Circus Maximus, with front arcade of eleven arches and large arch at right. Temple at left and colonnade of three tiers of arches in background. In center, obelisk and quadrigas.
PMTRPXVIIMPII COSIIIIPP / SC (in exergue)
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Earl Fitzwilliam Collection; by 1949: with Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd., Spencer House, 27 St. James's Place, St. James's Streeet, London, S.W. 1 (Christie's auction of the Earl Fitzwilliam Collection, sold by order of the Earl Fitzwilliam's Wentworth Estates Company, May 30-31, 1949, lot 283); by 1964: with A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., 1-11 John Adam Street, The Adelphi, London; purchased by MFA from A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., December 9, 1964