139, Lot: 357. Estimate $200. Sold for $335. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 30.10 g). British victory issue. Rome mint. Struck AD 211. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Victory standing right erecting trophy, on the right stands a woman facing, captive at her feet. RIC IV 483d; Cohen 640. VF, brown patina, fields corroded.

Septimius Severus waged his last military campaign against the Caledionians on the northern border of Britain, where he himself died at his campaign headquarters at York in February 211. This issue began shortly before Septimius' death, and announ