Temple of Vesta

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1532. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $831. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. Æ As (10.61 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck AD 215-217. Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Four Vestals sacrificing over altar in front of the Temple of Vesta. RIC IV 607 (Caracalla). VF, brown patina.

From the Alain Lagrange Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica C (11 March 1993), lot 1901.