Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1051. Estimate $5000. Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005. Sold For $6250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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JULIA PAULA, first wife of Elagabalus. Augusta 219-220 AD. Æ Sestertius (21.59 gm, 12h). Struck 220 AD. IVLIA PAVLA AVG, diademed and draped bust right / CONCORDIA, S C in exergue, Concordia seated left on throne, holding patera in extended right hand and double cornucopiae in left hand; star in left field. RIC IV 381 (Elagabalus); Banti 7; BMCRE 415 (Elagabalus); Cohen 8. Near EF, flat, blue-black patina with traces of sand-brown in crevices, orichalcum highlights, hairline flan crack, edge scrape on obverse. Very rare. ($5000)
From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex Sotheby's (30-31 March 1995), lot 1215.