Alexandria Mint

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 672. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. AR Denarius (3.01 g, 6h). Alexandria mint. Struck circa AD 198-200. IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / VENVS F-ELIX, Venus standing facing, head left, holding apple in extended right hand, pulling drapery with left. RIC IV -; Bickford-Smith pl. 1, 10; RSC -; BMCRE -; Cohen -. Near EF, lightly toned. Exceptional quality for mint.