Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 931. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS and CARACALLA. 193-211 AD. AV Aureus (7.22 gm). Struck 201-202 AD. IMPP INVICTI PII AVGG, jugate busts of Septimius and Caracalla right, both laureate and draped / VICTORIA PARTHICA MAXIMA, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm. RIC IV 311 var. (obv. busts also cuirassed); BMCRE 265 var. (same); Cohen 8 var. (same). EF. Rare type, this variety apparently unpublished. (See color enlargement on plate 14.) ($10000)

From the Marc Melcher Collection.