Triton XX, Lot: 796. Estimate $30000. Sold for $23000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. AV Aureus (20mm, 6.54 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Caracalla, AD 216. IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, diademed and draped bust right / VENVS GENETRIX, Venus seated left on ornate throne, extending her right hand, holding a scepter with her left hand. RIC IV 388b; Calicó 2645; BMCRE p. 434, note to 23B; Biaggi 1159. EF, underlying luster. Well struck, fine style. Very rare type, only one in CoinArchives (Leu 87, lot 58).