Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 1431. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JULIA DOMNA, mother of Caracalla. AR Antoninianus (5.16 gm). Struck 215 AD. Diademed and draped bust right; no crescent beneath / Venus standing left, leaning on sceptre and extending hand. RIC IV 387 (Caracalla) var. (crescent); RSC 186. Toned VF. Rare. ($300)

One of the rare early emissions of the antoninianus without the characteristic crescent for empresses.