Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1160. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $5200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JULIA DOMNA, wife of Septimius Severus, mother of Caracalla and Geta. Augusta, 193-217 AD. AV Aureus (7.16 gm, 12h). Rome mint. Struck 211-215 AD. IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, draped bust right / MAT AVGG MAT SEN M PATR, Julia seated left on throne, holding olive branch in extended right hand and cradling long sceptre in left arm. RIC IV 381 (Caracalla); BMCRE 11A (Caracalla); Calicó 2624a corr. (no sceptre; this coin); Cohen 110. Near EF. ($5000)