★ A beautiful aureus of Julia Domna, ex Ratto FPL III, 1949, 29 ★

Julia Domna, Augusta, 193-217. Aureus (Gold, 21 mm, 7.51 g, 6 h), Rome, 196. IVLIA AVGVSTA Draped bust of Julia Domna to right. Rev. DIANA LVCIFERA Diana standing front, head to left, holding lighted torch with both hands. Antike Kunst (1967), 501 ( this coin ). BMC 14 and pl. 27, 7 ( same dies ). Calicó 2610 ( same dies ). Cohen 26 var. (no crescent on shoulders of Diana). RIC 548 var. (no crescent on shoulders of Diana). Well struck and with an excellent portrait. Struck from a slightly worn obverse die, otherwise, good extremely fine.

From the collection of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl, ex Kricheldorf XIII, 23 September 1963, 248 and Ratto FPL III, 1949, 29.