Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1043. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DIVA JULIA DOMNA. Died 217 AD. Æ "Medallic" Sestertius (28.32 gm, 11h). Struck by Elagabalus or Severus Alexander, 218 or 222 AD. DIVA IVLIA AVGVSTA, veiled and draped bust right / CONSECRATIO, S C across field, Diva Julia Domna reclining left on peacock, cloak billowing around, left leg wrapped around peacock's right wing, holding sceptre in right hand; peacock flying right with wings outstretched. RIC IV 609; cf. RIC IV 716 (Severus Alexander); Banti 6; BMCRE pg. 589 **(Elagabalus); Cohen 25. Good VF, mottled blue-green, yellow-brown, and red patina. Very rare. ($5000)

From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 90 (12-13 October 1998), lot 1095 (expertly conserved since).