282, Lot: 328. Estimate $150. Sold for $230. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 23.77 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 211. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Caracalla and Geta standing facing one another, clasping right hands; Caracalla being crowned by Bacchus standing behind, Geta being crowned by Herules. RIC IV 459; Banti 7. VF, brown patina, roughness and encrustation. Rare - Banti cites only one example.

From the R. D. Frederick Collection.

Bacchus and Hercules were the patron deities of Leptis Magna, the birthplace of the brothers’ father Severus.