Julia Domna, Augusta, 193-217. Aureus (Gold, 19.5 mm, 7.32 g, 6 h), Rome, 193-196. IVLIA DOMNA AVG Draped bust of Julia Domna to right, her hair in five waves and bound up at the back. Rev. VENERI VICTR Venus, half nude and seen from behind, with her drapery folded underneath her, standing to right, holding a palm branch in her left hand, a globe in her right and leaning with her left elbow on a low column to her left. BMC 47. Calicó 2641a. Cohen 193. Hill 100. RIC 536. Attractive, sharply struck and toned. Tiny scratch on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine.

From the Trausnitz Collection, acquired from Münzhandlung Athena on 29 May 1996.