Remarkable Bust of Domna
272, Lot: 246. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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GALATIA, Pessinus. Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. Æ (34mm, 19.15 g, 1h). Diademed and draped bust right, holding flower with both hands / Dionysus, holding cantharus and thyrsus, seated left in quadriga drawn by elephants. BMC -; SNG France -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Hunterian -; SNG Leypold -; Weber -; MPR II -; Mionnet -. Near VF, green and black patina. Unpublished and with a fascinating obverse.