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Sestertius with bust of Caracalla

Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 211
Mint: Rome

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 30.5 mm. Weight: 23.22 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III in the Name of Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule
Accession Number1986.899
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Bust of Caracalla, laureate, right.
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Reverse: Victory standing right, left foot on helmet, erecting trophy. At right, Britannia stands facing front, seated barbarian at her feet.
VICTBRITTRPXIIIICOSIII SC (in exergue)
ProvenanceSaid to be from the Allen sale, March 1898, no. 130 and the Hazlitt sale, July 6, 1909, no. 182; by date unknown: Henry Platt Hall Collection; by 1950: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W. 1 (auction of the H. P. Hall Collection, part 2, November 16-17, 20-21, 1950, lot 1728, partial); by 1952: with A. H. Baldwin, Robert Street, London; November 14, 1952: purchased from A. H. Baldwin by Cornelius C. Vermeule III; December 17, 1986: gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA