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Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1547. Estimate $750. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004. 
Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARACALLA. 198-217 AD. Æ Sestertius (25.64 gm). Struck 214 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Mars standing left, holding Victory, spear, and shield; to left, bound captive seated left. RIC IV 524b; BMCRE pg. 480, *; Cohen 256. VF, green patina, fields smoothed, thin flan crack. Very rare with the obverse legend ending FELIX AVG rather than the usual AVG GERM for this type. ($750)