Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 970. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JULIA DOMNA, wife of Septimius Severus. AR Denarius (3.75 gm). Struck 193-196 AD. IVLIA DO-MNA AVG, draped bust right / VENE-RI VICTR, Venus standing right, holding apple and palm, resting left elbow on column. RIC IV 536 (Septimius); BMCRE 53 (Septimius); RSC 194. EF. ($150) 

From the Marc Melcher Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 54 (14 June 2000), lot 1701 (incorrectly attributed to Emesa).