Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 975. Estimate $750. Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003. Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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JULIA DOMNA, wife of Septimius Severus. AR Quinarius (1.50 gm). Struck 199-209 AD. IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / IV-NO, Juno standing half-left, holding patera and sceptre; in front, peacock standing left, head turned back. RIC IV 559 (Septimius); BMCRE 40 (Septimius); RSC 83. Toned, good VF, light scratches in reverse field. Rare. ($750)
From the Marc Melcher Collection. Ex Leo Benz Collection (Lanz 100, 20 November 2000), lot 57; Lanz 58 (21 November 1991), lot 692; Franz Trau Collection (Gilhofer & Rauschburg, 22 May 1935), lot 2154.