96, Lot: 161. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARACALLA. 198-217 AD. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.49 gm). Struck 201-206 AD. Laureate head right / Roma seated left, holding palladium and spear, shield on ground besides. RIC IV 142 var.; BMCRE 515 note; Cohen -. VF, beard lightly enhanced, two small scratches on revese. Very rare type.

Ex Marc Melcher Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 61, 25 September 2002), lot 1941.