Sale: CNG 64, Lot: 1148. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 24 September 2003.  Sold For $1270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARACALLA. 198-217 AD. AV Aureus (6.38 gm). Struck 213 AD. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Caracalla, holding eagle tipped sceptre, standing right in slow quadriga. RIC IV 210; BMCRE 55 (same dies); Cohen 232. Near VF, ex-jewelry. ($750)

From the Marc Melcher Collection.