Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 954. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. AV Aureus (7.08 g, 12h). Laodicea mint. Struck AD 199-207. IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / L-AETI-TIA, Laetitia standing left, holding wreath in right hand, rudder in left. Cf. RIC IV 641 (Septimius; denarius); Calicó 2619 corr. (mint; same rev. die); cf. BMCRE 604 (Septimius; denarius). EF. Very rare.

From a North American Collection. Ex Marc Melcher Collection (Triton VI, 14 January 2003), lot 984; Vinchon (23 January 2001), lot 41.