70, Lot: 105. Estimate $75. Sold for $72. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARACALLA. 198-217 AD. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.05 gm). Struck 200 AD. Laureate and draped bust right / Caracalla standing left, holding globe and reversed spear. RIC IV 40 var. (draped and cuirassed); RSC 547 var. (same). Good VF.

From the Marc Melcher Collection.

Rare with legend RECTORI (instead of RECTOR) ORBIS with only eight specimens in the Reka Devnia hoard.