326, Lot: 507. Estimate $100. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julia Paula. Augusta, AD 219-220. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.06 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Elagabalus, AD 220. Draped bust right / Concordia seated left, holding patera; star to left. RIC IV 211 (Elagabalus); Thirion 452; RSC 6a. Near EF, die flaw on obverse.

Julia Paula was the first wife of Elagabalus, but the marriage lasted only one year. Elagabalus would have two more wives: Aquilia Severa (whom he married, divorced, and later remarried again) and Annia Faustina.