Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 1946. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARACALLA. 198-217 AD. AV Aureus (7.16 gm). Struck 215 AD. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, seen from behind / Caracalla standing left, right foot on crocodile, receiving grain ears from Isis who is waling right holding a sistrum. RIC IV 257b; BMCRE pg. 452 *, note; Cohen -. VF, light marks. Very rare reverse type. ($1500)

From the Marc Melcher Collection.