Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1147. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Sestertius (27.29 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 215. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Sol driving galloping left. RIC IV 543; Banti 66. Good VF, dark green-brown patina, minor smoothing in the fields, some obverse adjustment marks. Rare. Banti records only one poorly preserved example.