Very Rare Diva Julia Domna

CNG 100, Lot: 1930. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Julia Domna. Died AD 217. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.31 g, 12h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Elagabalus or Severus Alexander, AD 218 or AD 222. Veiled and draped bust right / Peacock standing facing, body and head inclined left, tail spread. RIC 396 (Caracalla) and 715 (Severus Alexander); RSC 24. Good VF, toned, light porosity. Very rare.

From the R.H. Collection. Ex Triton IX (10 January 2006), lot 1520; William C. Boyd Collection (Baldwin's, 26 September 2005), lot 494 (part of), with his original ticket (numbered 70); Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge (8 April 1895), lot 141.