284, Lot: 146. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Serdica. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (29mm, 16.03 g, 7h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, gorgoneion on breast plate / Septimius and Geta standing facing one another, each holding a spear and parazonium and spurning a captive kneeling at base of a trophy. H&J, Serdica 12.18.34.23; Mouchmov, Serdika 367 var. (bust type); Varbanov 2233 var. (bust type). Fair, brown patina with some green and red, light porosity.

From the R. D. Frederick Collection.