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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4642385, member: 110350"]Reviving this thread to post my only Caracalla antoninanus, since I didn't post it when the thread was active originally.</p><p><br /></p><p>Caracalla AR Antoninianus, 215-217 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen half from behind, ANTONINUS PIUS AVG GERM / Rev. Venus standing left, holding scepter in left arm and Victory on right hand, resting left elbow on round shield set on helmet, VENUS VIC-TRIX. RSC III 608(c), RIC IV-3 311(d), BMCRE 80-81, Sear RCV II 6784. 22x24 mm., 4.94 g. <i>Ex: Stephen M. Huston Sale 153, Lot 126 (ca. 1997-98).</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1147138[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone know what makes this bust "half from behind" as opposed to simply "from behind"? I have no idea, but that's what the description said. I can't say that I see much, if any, of a cuirass either. But I'm not very good at detecting such things unless they're really obvious!</p><p><br /></p><p>I had never heard of Stephen M. Huston, but from Google I gather that he was a well-known numismatist in the San Francisco area who co-authored at least one book (on an aspect of Constantine's coinage), and worked for a time for Victor England when he was starting CNG. I couldn't find the exact date of his Sale 153 (none of his auctions appears to have been online), but I did find a reference to his Sale 152 as having taken place in July 1997, and estimated the date of # 153 accordingly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4642385, member: 110350"]Reviving this thread to post my only Caracalla antoninanus, since I didn't post it when the thread was active originally. Caracalla AR Antoninianus, 215-217 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen half from behind, ANTONINUS PIUS AVG GERM / Rev. Venus standing left, holding scepter in left arm and Victory on right hand, resting left elbow on round shield set on helmet, VENUS VIC-TRIX. RSC III 608(c), RIC IV-3 311(d), BMCRE 80-81, Sear RCV II 6784. 22x24 mm., 4.94 g. [I]Ex: Stephen M. Huston Sale 153, Lot 126 (ca. 1997-98).[/I] [ATTACH=full]1147138[/ATTACH] Does anyone know what makes this bust "half from behind" as opposed to simply "from behind"? I have no idea, but that's what the description said. I can't say that I see much, if any, of a cuirass either. But I'm not very good at detecting such things unless they're really obvious! I had never heard of Stephen M. Huston, but from Google I gather that he was a well-known numismatist in the San Francisco area who co-authored at least one book (on an aspect of Constantine's coinage), and worked for a time for Victor England when he was starting CNG. I couldn't find the exact date of his Sale 153 (none of his auctions appears to have been online), but I did find a reference to his Sale 152 as having taken place in July 1997, and estimated the date of # 153 accordingly.[/QUOTE]
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