Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 538. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $370. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Hadrianopolis. Caracalla. 198-217 AD. Æ 27mm (10.35 g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding spear forward and shield / Triptolemus driving biga of winged serpents right; below, Gaia reclining left. Jurokova 279 (V157/R270); SNG Copenhagen -; Varbanov 1933. Good VF, black olive patina. Rare. ($500)