Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 927. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS, CARACALLA, and GETA, as Caesar. 193-211 AD. AR Denarius (3.33 gm). Struck 201-202 AD. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head of Septimius right / AETERNIT IMPERI, laureate and draped bust of Caracalla right vis à vis bare-headed and draped bust of Geta left. RIC IV 251 var. (Caracalla cuirassed); BMCRE 308 note var. (same); RSC 6 var. (same). Good VF, small flan crack. ($750)

From the Marc Melcher Collection.