Rare Julia Paula Sestertius

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1549. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julia Paula. Augusta, AD 219-220. Æ Sestertius (24.54 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 220. Diademed and draped bust right / Concordia seated left on throne, holding patera and double cornucopia; star in left field. RIC IV 381 (Elagabalus); Thirion 459; Banti 7. VF, olive brown patina, lighter highlights, flan crack. Rare.

From the Alain Lagrange Collection. Ex Monetarium 48 (Autumn 1987), no. 104.