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Auction 100 - Part 2  7 October 2015
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Lot 1918

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Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.38 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Septimius Severus, AD 198-200. Draped bust right / MATRI CASTROR VM, Julia standing left, holding acerrum with open lid and sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar to left; two signa to left. RIC IV 567 (Septimius); RSC 134. Good VF, toned, a little porous, traces of deposits. Rare.


From the R.H. Collection.

This reverse type and legend refer to Julia Domna as "Mother of the (army) Camp", showing also the signa that had accompanied Septimius Severus on a military expedition.
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