Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 1405. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS, with CARACALLA. 193-211 AD. AR Denarius (3.17 gm). Struck 201 AD. Laureate head right / Laureate, draped, and cuirassed busts of Severus and Caracalla facing each other. RIC IV 250; RSC 1. Darkly toned, good VF. Rare. ($500)

From the Marc Melcher Collection.