Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1089. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Antoninianus (5.42 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 216. Radiate and draped bust right, seen from behind / Radiate lion walking left, holding thunderbolt in jaws. RIC IV 283b; RSC 368. Superb EF, a pair of shallow scratches in field above lion. Rare.