Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 1008. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $325. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARACALLA. 198-217 AD. AR Denarius (2.83 gm). Struck 208 AD. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / VOTA SOLVT DEC, COS III in exergue, Caracalla standing right, sacrificing out of patera over tripod; to right, victimarius stands left, raising axe to strike bull; behind tripod, flute player stands facing. RIC IV 205; BMCRE 577; RSC 684. Good VF, flan crack. Rare type. ($500)

From the Marc Melcher Collection.