CNG 84, Lot: 1075. Estimate $150. Sold for $370. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.39 g, 7h). Secular Games issue. Rome mint. Struck AD 204. Laureate and draped bust right / COS LVDOS SAECVL FEC, Liber (Bacchus), wearing leopard's skin, standing right, panther at feet, holding cantharus and thyrsus, vis-à-vis Hercules standing left, holding club and lion's skin. RIC IV 74a; RSC 50. VF. Choice for grade.

From the John Bitner Collection.