70, Lot: 100. Estimate $150. Sold for $94. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JULIA DOMNA, wife of Septimius Severus. AR Denarius (19mm, 2.39 gm). Struck 196-211 AD. Draped bust right / VESTA [MATER], Vestal Virgin standing left before temple of Vesta, sacrificing from patera over lighted altar. RIC IV 584 (Septimius Severus); RSC 237. Near VF, porous. Rare. 

From the Marc Melcher Collection.