Lot 7
7
Aureus, 7.38g., Rome, 202 A.D., SEVER P AVG PM TRP X COS III, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. FELICITAS SAECVLI, draped bust of Julia Domna facing, laureate and draped bust of Caracalla on left, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta on right, facing her (RIC 181c; BMC p.231, 380 var. Geta without drapery; Foss 39; C.5; Hill 607), extremely fine, rare
Aureus, 7.38g., Rome, 202 A.D., SEVER P AVG PM TRP X COS III, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. FELICITAS SAECVLI, draped bust of Julia Domna facing, laureate and draped bust of Caracalla on left, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta on right, facing her (RIC 181c; BMC p.231, 380 var. Geta without drapery; Foss 39; C.5; Hill 607), extremely fine, rare

Details
Aureus, 7.38g., Rome, 202 A.D., SEVER P AVG PM TRP X COS III, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. FELICITAS SAECVLI, draped bust of Julia Domna facing, laureate and draped bust of Caracalla on left, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta on right, facing her (RIC 181c; BMC p.231, 380 var. Geta without drapery; Foss 39; C.5; Hill 607), extremely fine, rare
Provenance
Sternberg auction XIX, 18-19 November 1987, lot 704

Lot Essay

This beautiful piece is exceptional among the dynastic issues, as it is the only one to portray all four members of the Severan family, and it includes a facing portrait of an Empress, a highly unusual iconographic feature on pre-4th century Roman coinage.