Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 688. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Antoninianus (5.31 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck AD 216. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, radiate and draped bust right / P M TR P XVIIII COS IIII P P, Sol standing facing, head left, chlamys over left shoulder, raising right hand and holding globe in left. RIC IV 281a; RSC 358; BMCRE 170-1. Superb EF, traces of die rust, and minor deposits on edge. Well centered on a broad flan.