Wonderful Patina

429, Lot: 345. Estimate $200. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. Æ Sestertius (27.5mm, 18.83 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck under Septimius Severus, circa AD 200-211. Draped bust right / Ceres standing left, holding long torch and grain ears over lighted altar to left. RIC IV 848 (Septimius); Banti 3. VF, pale green patina, minor flan flaw on obverse, traces of earthen deposits.

Ex Artemide Aste XXXII (10 April 2011), lot 152.

This note was used in the Artemide Aste catalogue to describe this coin: “Rare and of great beauty with a portrait of extraordinary style and enchanting turquoise green patina”