70, Lot: 113. Estimate $100. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARACALLA. 198-217 AD. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.41 gm). Struck 207 AD. Laureate head right / Caracalla in military attire standing left, head right, holding reversed spear and parazonium; at his feet to left, river-god reclining on urn right; to right, two bound captives seated left. RIC IV 96; RSC 441. Toned VF.

From the Marc Melcher Collection.