Roman Imperial Coins
Lot 5330 Session 17 (11.30am Friday) Roman Imperial Coins
Estimate $120
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JULIA DOMNA, wife of Septimius Severus, (A.D. 193-217), silver denarius, issued 194, Alexandria mint, (2.392 grams), obv. draped bust to right of Julia Domna, around IVLIA AVGVSTA, rev. Pietas seated to left, holding palladium, around PIETAS, (S.6598, cf.RIC 612 [Severus], RSC 146c). Rough flan as usual for this mint, good very fine/very fine and very rare.
Ex Noble Numismatics Auction Sale 79 (lot 3641) and the Roger A. Bickford-Smith Collection (CNG Auction 47 lot 1768 part). See Bickford-Smith who studied the Alexandria and other Eastern mint issues and published his findings in "The Imperial Mints in the East for Septimius Severus" in Rivista Italiana Numismatica 1994/1995. In the Reka Devnia hoard containing 3409 examples of Julia Domna there were no examples noted for this type.
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Estimate $120
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