Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1522. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARACALLA. 198-217 AD. AV Aureus (7.38 g, 12h). Struck 205 AD. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right / PONTIF TR P VIII COS II, Mars standing left, right foot on helmet, holding branch and reversed spear. RIC IV 80b; Calicó 2778; BMCRE 476 note; Cohen 419 var. (cuirassed). Good VF, beard added to portrait in modern times. ($2000)