Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 637. Estimate $300. Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005. Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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[Roman Provincial]
PISIDIA, Timbriada. Julia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, mother of Caracalla and Geta. Augusta, 193-217 AD. Æ 35mm (27.53 g, 6h). Draped bust right; c/m: TI in circle / Distyle temple with statue of Kybele seated left on lion throne, holding patera and cornucopiae. For coin: von Aulock,
Pisidiens 2135; SNG Copenhagen 344; for c/m: Howgego 564. Near VF, dark brown patina, cleaning scratches. Rare city. ($300)
Apparently all known specimens of this coin bear the countermark, which is likely an abbreviation of the city name.