| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 817 Price realized: 14,000 USD (Approx. 12,823 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. AV Aureus (20.5mm, 6.13 g, 12h). Rome mint(?). Struck circa AD 193-196. IVLIA DO MNA • AVG, draped bust right / VENER I VICTR, Venus, draped below waist, seen from behind standing right, leaning on column to left, holding apple in extended right hand and palm frond in left. RIC IV 536; BMCRE 47-8 and 123; Calicó 2642 (this coin illustrated); Biaggi 1154 (this coin). Toned over lustrous surfaces, somewhat irregular flan, edge marks, minor die flaws, a few light scratches. Good VF. From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk inventory cc62749 (ND); Edward J. Waddell inventory A13301 (ND); Numismatica Ars Classica 49 (21 October 2008), lot 318; Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, purchased, 1954. Due to the somewhat differing style of this issue than those attributed to the Rome mint, some consider these coins to be from a secondary mint. BMCRE lists the 'poorer' style examples on p. 379. Estimate: 4000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 555 | Auction date: 7 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 582 Price realized: 180 USD (Approx. 168 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. Æ As (21.5mm, 9.51 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Septimius Severus, circa AD 193-196. Draped bust right / Venus Victrix, naked to hips, standing right, leaning on column to left, holding palm frond and apple. RIC IV 846 (Septimius). Dark green and brown patina, pit on obverse, light roughness. Good VF. Wonderful portrait. From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 561 | Auction date: 1 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 692 Price realized: 70 USD (Approx. 65 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.30 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Septimius Severus, circa AD 193-196. Draped bust right / Venus Victrix, naked to hips, standing right, leaning on column to left, holding palm frond and apple. RIC IV 536 (Septimius); RSC 194. Toned, flan flaw on obverse, a few minor scratches. Near VF. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 929 Price realized: 2,750 USD (Approx. 2,519 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Aelia Pulcheria. Augusta, AD 414-453. AV Solidus (20.5mm, 4.42 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck AD 414. AEL PVLCH ERIA AVG, pearl-diademed and draped bust right, wearing earring and necklace; being crowned by manus Dei above / SALVS REI PUBLICAE, Victory, draped, seated right on cuirass and shield, holding stylus in right hand and inscribing Christogram on shield, supported by left hand and set on left knee; star to left; CONOB. RIC X 205; Depeyrot 60/2. Lightly toned with some luster, edge marks, light scratches. VF. Rare. Aelia Pulcheria, the daughter, sister and wife to three different East Roman emperors, played a critical role in maintaining the stability of the East Roman regime in the tumultuous early to mid fifth century AD. Born circa AD 398 to Arcadius and Aelia Eudoxia, she had a far more forceful and dominating personality than her timid younger brother, Theodosius II. When Arcadius died in AD 408 and Theodosius ascended the throne at the age of seven, Pulcheria took upon the role of her brother's protector. In AD 414, she came of age and the Senate declared her Augusta, or Empress, whereupon she dismissed the powerful Praetorian prefects who had been controlling the government and took over the regency herself. She declared her intent to remain a virgin (possibly to avoid a political marriage and an end to her independent power), and devoted herself to the Church, which was playing an increasingly dominant role in the East Roman government. When Theodosius was killed in a riding accident in AD 450, Pulcheria briefly ruled as sole empress before bowing to demands that she marry. She wisely chose the lowborn but capable Marcian, who proved to be the strong, even-handed ruler the Empire needed. Pulcheria died in AD 453, having kept her vows of virginity and defense of her Imperial dynasty for a half-century. Estimate: 1500 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 822 Price realized: 16,000 USD (Approx. 14,654 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Caracalla. AD 198-217. AV Aureus (20.5mm, 6.56 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 216. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P XVIIII COS IIII P P, Serapis, wearing modius and draped, standing left, raising right hand and holding scepter in left. RIC IV 280a; BMCRE 164 (same dies); Calicó 2745 (same dies); Biaggi 1197 (same dies). Toned and lustrous, light scratches on reverse. Near EF. Ex Thos. H. Law Collection (Stack's, 4 December 2001), lot 31; R. Castro Maya Collection (Bourgey, 18 November 1957), lot 332. Estimate: 15000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII Online Sessions | Auction date: 17 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 6215 Price realized: 2,000 USD (Approx. 1,837 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. Æ Sestertius (28.5mm, 25.38 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Septimius Severus, circa AD 193-196. Draped bust right / Venus, draped below waist, seen from behind standing right, leaning on column to left, holding apple in extended right hand and palm frond in left. RIC IV 842 (Severus); Banti 45. Brown-green patina, edge smoothed. VF. A lovely portrait. From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex Christie's (20 April 1982), lot 51. Estimate: 250 USD |  |
