Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 993. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $5750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARACALLA. 198-217 AD. AV Aureus (6.94 gm). Struck 199-200 AD. ANTONINVS AVGVSTVS, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / RECTOR ORBIS, Caracalla, as Sol, standing left, holding globe and reversed spear. RIC IV 39a; BMCRE 163; Cohen 541. EF, a few lightly-stained areas. (See color enlargement on plate 15.) ($7500) 

From the Marc Melcher Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 18 (29 March 2000), lot 600.