Details
LOT 3406
Julia Maesa AR Denarius. AD 218-222. Rome mint.
IVLIA MAESA AVG, draped bust to right / PVDICITIA, Pudicitia seated to left, drawing veil over face and holding transverse sceptre. RIC IV 268 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 76 (Elagabalus); RSC 36. Very Fine.(3.57gr, 22mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Julia Maesa AR Denarius. AD 218-222. Rome mint.
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IVLIA MAESA AVG, draped bust to right / PVDICITIA, Pudicitia seated to left, drawing veil over face and holding transverse sceptre. RIC IV 268 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 76 (Elagabalus); RSC 36. 3.01gr, 20mm, 12h.
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From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
