349, Lot: 239. Estimate $100. Sold for $675. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESSENIA, Thuria. Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. Æ Assarion (22mm, 5.84 g, 3h). Struck circa AD 198-205. IOVΛIA ΔOMNA CЄBACTH AV, draped bust right / Minerva standing facing, head right, holding spear and resting hand upon shield; Λ-A across field. BCD Peloponnesos 832 var. (obv. legend); NCP p. 65; Dura 2170; BMC –. VF, dark green patina, light deposits. Very rare.

From the J. S. Wagner Collection.