Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 1426. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $720. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JULIA DOMNA, wife of Septimius Severus. AR Denarius (3.46 gm). Struck circa 207-209/11 AD. Draped bust right / Venus standing left, holding helmet and palm, resting elbow on column with trophy behind; Cupid left at feet, holding shield. RIC IV -; BMCRE -; RSC -. Unpublished. EF. ($400)

This is the fourth, and probably the finest, known example of this coin. It is the only one not in a public collection; the other three are in (or destined for) the British Museum, Bibliothéque Nationale, and Vienna.