Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1520. Estimate $1000. Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006. Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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DIVA JULIA DOMNA. Died 217 AD. AR Denarius (3.31 g, 12h). Struck under Elagabalus or Severus Alexander, 218 or 222 AD. DIVA IVLIA AVGVSTA, veiled and draped bust right / CONSECRATIO, Peacock standing facing, body and head inclined left, tail spread. RIC 396 (Caracalla) and 715 (Severus Alexander); RSC 24; BMCRE 9 (Elagabalus). Good VF, light porosity. Very rare. ($1000)
Ex Boyd Collection (Baldwin's, 26 September 2005), lot 494 (part of), with his original ticket (numbered 70); Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge (8 April 1895), lot 141.