288, Lot: 457. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 25.61 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck under Caracalla, AD 211-215. Diademed and draped bust right / Vesta seated left, holding simpulum and scepter. RIC IV 593 (Caracalla); Banti 52. Fine, brown patina, smoothed and tooled.

From the R. D. Frederick Collection.

A protocontorniate, the edges having been tapped to create raised rims.