326, Lot: 508. Estimate $100. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julia Paula. Augusta, AD 219-220. AR Denarius (19mm, 2.87 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck under Elagabalus, AD 220. Draped bust right / Concordia seated left, holding patera; star to left. RIC IV 211 (Elagabalus); Thirion 455; RSC 6a. VF, toned.

From the Demetrios Armounta Collection.

Julia Paula was the first wife of Elagabalus, but the marriage lasted only one year. Elagabalus would have two more wives: Aquilia Severa (whom he married, divorced, and later remarried again) and Annia Faustina.