Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 1447. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARACALLA. 198-217 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (7.17 gm). Uncertain mint (Caesarea?). Struck 198-202 AD. Laureate head right / Legionary eagle between two standards. RIC IV -; BMCRE -; Metcalf, "The Severan 'Cistophori'," Rivista Italiana 1988, pg. 159, 12 (same dies); RSC 18a. Toned, near VF, old scratches on obverse and reverse. Very rare. ($300)

From the Marc Melcher Collection. Ex Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 50, 23 June 1999), lot 1596.