Lot 119
Rome. Julia Domna, Wife of Septimius Severus, 193-217 AD. Gold Aureus (7.17 g), Rome, struck 201 AD. Draped bust of Julia Domna to right. Reverse: On the left, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of young Caracalla to right facing; on the right, bare-headed and draped bust of young Geta facing left; AETERNIT IMPERI. Fr-409; RIC 540; Biaggi 113; BMCRE p. 157, 3; Calicó 2653a/b; C. 1 var.; Sear II 6517. Beautifully struck and centered. Eye-catching and lustrous, with splendid portraits. Extremely rare. NGC graded Choice Uncirculated.
This superb piece is yet another example from the great Severan dynastic series in gold and silver, and once again comes from the great Karnak hoard (from which so many fabulous coins now in museums and private collections worldwide derive). The portraits on this piece are particularly delicate and well made.
Estimated Value $30,000 - 35,000.
Ex "Perfectionist Collection," Leu 93, 10 May 2005, lot 60; from the collections of the Johns Hopkins University and J.W. Garrett, I, Numismatic Fine Arts/Bank Leu, 16 May 1984, 837 (bought from Wayte Raymond on 8 November 1922); ex Sir Arthur Evans, Naville III, 16 June 1922, 94; and Sir John Evans; and from the Karnak Hoard of 1901. Illustrated in Money of the World, coin 49.
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