160, Lot: 142. Estimate $75. Sold for $207. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BITHYNIA, Bithynium. Julia Paula, first wife of Elagabalus. Augusta, AD 219-220. Æ 30mm (15.70 g). Draped bust right, holding poppy / BIQ-U-N-IEWN, ADRIANW-N, Caracalla standing facing, head right, holding spear and globe, within octastyle temple; shield in pediment. RG -; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock 324 (same obverse die). Fine, brown patina, some minor encrustation.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.