Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 996. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARACALLA. 198-217 AD. AV Aureus (7.32 gm). Struck 198 AD. IMP CAES M AVR ANT AVG P TR P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SPES P-VBLICA, Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC IV 26(b); BMCRE -; Calicó 2820; Cohen 598. Lustrous, choice EF. [See color enlargement on plate 18] ($7500)