Caracalla Caesar 198 AD

[gmarguli]

I know very little about this coin, but it jumped out at me as being in nice condition and slightly unusual. So I threw out a bid and won it.

 

It's an AR Denarius from 198 AD and features Caracalla as Caesar on the obverse. The reverse features a curved staff (lituus), priests hat (apex), ox skull (bucranium), and sacrificial vessel in the form of a ladle with a long handle (simpulum).

 

 

CNG called it "EF, toned. Exceptional for early issue." By US standards, it appears to have very minimal, if any, wear.

 

I have no idea if I paid a fair price for it, but I found rather ugly examples selling for about 1/4 of what I paid, so I think I am inline with the market.

[Cladiator]

Nice, what's the diameter?

[gmarguli]

About 17.5mm

[syracusian]

Hey, I owned a Caracalla denarius for a short period recently,same year, but significantly different than yours:

 

 

 

 

I can look up its final sale price if you want.

[Architecht]

Cool!

 

Uh... sorry... not much more to contribute...

 

But still cool!

[TwoKopeiki]

Nice coin. Alas, my knowledge of ancients is minimal, so can't be much of help.

[gmarguli]

Dimitri, your ancient is very interesting. ICG graded it MS60. It must have been recently graded since they have been extremely strict on ancients and most examples never grade higher than AU53 with them. They also listed a reference number on it which is unusual. They've never done that for mine.

 

I would be interested in knowing what it sold for.