Harlan J. Berk

231st Buy or Bid Sale  –  29 April 2025

Harlan J. Berk, 231st Buy or Bid Sale

Ancient and World Coins

Tu, 29.04.2025, from 11:00 PM CEST
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Description

Julia Domna. Antoninianus; Julia Domna; Rome, 215 AD, Antoninianus, 3.77g. Obv: IVLIA PIA - FELIX AVG, Bust draped r. wearing stephane, with hair in large bun behind head but without crescent below shoulders. Rs: LVNA LVCIFERA around, Diana standing in biga of horses prancing l., with their back legs bent, and without ground line. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; acquired from Wayne Sayles, July 2006. Very rare: apparently only the third known Julia Domna antoninianus that combines this reverse type with the large bun and the omission of the crescent in the obverse portrait. See the die study of this issue of antoniniani by V. Genevieve and J.-M. Doyen, Bulletin du Cercle d'Etudes Numismatiques 48, no. 1, 2011.Porous surfaces. EF / VF

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Starting price 228 USD
Estimate 350 USD
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