Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 990. Estimate $6000.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARACALLA. 198-217 AD. AV Aureus (7.16 gm). Struck 198 AD. IMP CAE M AVR ANT AVG P TR P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / MINER VIC-TR-IX, Minerva standing left, holding Victory and reversed spear; shield leaning against leg below and trophy behind. RIC IV 25a; BMCRE 105 var. (not cuirassed); Cohen 158 var. (same). EF. (See color enlargement on plate 15.) ($6000)

From the Marc Melcher Collection.