Triton XXII, Lot: 1126. Estimate $15000. Sold for $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.22 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Septimius Severus, circa AD 193-196. IVLIA DO MNA AVG, draped bust right / VENE RI VI CTR, Venus Victrix, with drapery falling below hips, standing with back turned, head right, resting left arm on low column, holding apple in extended right hand and in left, palm frond sloped upward to left; drapery falls over column. RIC IV 536 (Septimius); Calicó 2641; BMCRE 47 (Wars of Succession); Biaggi 1155 var. (pellet in rev. legend); NAC 67, lot 184 (same dies). EF, attractively toned.