Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 893. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Carrhae. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ 20mm (6.57 g, 11h). Laureate bust right; below, eagle standing right, holding wreath in beak / Globe surmounted by filleted crescent, set on basis; signum on either side. BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Righetti 2559; CNG 79, lot 706 (same dies). VF, black-green patina with earthen deposits, light cleaning scratches in fields. Very rare.