Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 802. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JULIA DOMNA, wife of Septimius Severus, mother of Caracalla & Geta. Augusta 193-217 AD. Æ Sestertius (27.37 g, 11h). Struck 211-215 AD. Diademed and draped bust right / Juno standing left, holding patera and sceptre; peacock standing left at feet. RIC IV 585 (Caracalla); BMCRE 208; Cohen 90. VF, dark brown patina, surfaces lightly smoothed. A protocontorniate, the edges having been tapped to create raised rims. ($500)