Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 926. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS, CARACALLA, and GETA, as Caesar. 193-211 AD. AV Aureus (7.24 gm). Struck 201 AD. SEVERVS PIVS AVG P M TR P VIIII, laureate head right / AETERNIT IMPERI, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right vis à vis bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Geta left. RIC IV 174; BMCRE 254; Cohen -. Good VF. Rare. (See color enlargement on plate 14.) ($7500)

From the Marc Melcher Collection.