120, Lot: 224. Estimate $200. Sold for $215. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JULIA DOMNA, wife of Septimius Severus. Augusta, 193-217 AD. Æ Dupondius (23mm, 8.38 g). Struck 207 AD. Draped bust right / Fecunditas reclining left under tree, resting arm on basket of fruits and placing right hand on celestial orb; standing before her, four children representing the Four Seasons at play. RIC IV 872 (Septimius); BMCRE 783 (Septimius and Caracalla); Cohen 37. VF, golden tan surfaces, peripheral roughness, high relief portrait and well struck. Scarce.

From the Tony Hardy Collection.