Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1661. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARACALLA. 198-217 AD. Æ Sestertius (28.89 gm, 1h). Struck 214 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Mars standing left, holding Victory and shield, spear leaning against left arm; captive at foot to left. RIC IV 524a; BMCRE 261; Cohen 257. Good VF, brown patina with orichalcum highlights, hairline flan crack. Bold mature portrait of Caracalla. ($5000)